Office Hours: How would you rate congressional Democrats in handling Biden’s agenda so far?

Welcome to Office Hours!

I’ve been a teacher for most of my life. Teaching energizes me and enables me to stay curious and present.

The best part of teaching is the conversation. While I can’t look each of you in the eyes to see your mind gears turning (and I doubt all of you could fit in my office), I’d love for you to join me for Office Hours here every Wednesday.

This will be a space for you to ask me questions and to share your own opinions and experiences. I hope that it can be dialogue not only between you and me, but also among one another.

To kick this off, I’d appreciate it if you responded to this question: in your view, how would you rate congressional Democrats in handling Biden’s agenda so far?

And of course please feel free to ask me anything.

I’ll be online from 10-11am PT/1-2pm ET responding to your comments.

Before we start, I’d like to pull from an old syllabus to establish some community norms for these weekly Office Hours:

— Practice civility. Civility is not about agreeing. It’s about how we disagree. Let’s avoid the nastiness that has come to dominate so many of our online conversations these days.

— Assume positive intent. Try to understand what others are getting at.

— Be open-minded about dissenting views. The best way of learning anything is to talk to somebody who disagrees with you.