Christopher Toler

Client: Berkeley Unified School District

Project: Tracing Harm, Honoring Resilience: Understanding Berkeley Unified School District’s Historical Impact on Black Descendant Students.

Christopher Toler, MPA '26, and Ruth Rodriguez, MPP '26, produced a quantitative harm report for the Berkeley Unified School District, linking historical education policies to racially disaggregated student outcomes, documenting systemic inequities, and recommending a new path forward by exploring how candid historical reckoning can strengthen civic trust and democratic participation.