Megan Burks
Education ReporterMegan Burks is the education reporter at KPBS. She reports on teaching and learning from infancy into adulthood, the achievement gap, and school governance. Before tackling the education beat, Megan helped launch Speak City Heights, a media collaborative covering community health in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego. As Speak City Heights reporter for KPBS and Voice of San Diego, Megan's work pushed reform in the San Diego Police Department and taxi industry. She was awarded the San Diego County Taxpayers Association's 2015 Media Watchdog Award for her look at dangerous housing conditions for low-income tenants. Megan has also been recognized by the San Diego Human Relations Commission and Society of Professional Journalists San Diego Pro Chapter for bringing underrepresented voices to radio and television. Megan was born and raised in El Cajon, and graduated from San Diego State University, where she studied journalism and sociology. Her thesis looked at the media’s effects on attitudes toward immigrants. She interned with San Diego CityBeat and KPBS’ Envision San Diego.
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KPBS Midday EditionPrisoners have long taken correspondence courses to earn college credits behind bars. But inmates at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa are participating in a rare face-to-face program. -
Del Mar Union is one in a small number of districts that don’t offer transitional kindergarten, even though the California Department of Education says they should under its interpretation of state law. -
KPBS Midday EditionStudents from about two dozen San Diego County schools walked out of class Friday for the second time in just over a month to protest gun violence and urge politicians to better protect campuses. -
From learning about the political process to being part of it, students at two San Diego schools hosted a forum Tuesday for candidates in the 49th Congressional District. -
Changes to enrollment boundaries that have allowed the Vista Unified School District to grow its magnet program have also stretched student commutes. -
KPBS Midday EditionAs more Vista families choose schools farther from home, they’re spending more time on the road. Some are worried about the social and environmental consequences.
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