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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Members of the San Diego City Council are urging the public to put forward a 2018 ballot initiative to change how school board members are elected. -
At the State of the District Address Tuesday, School Board President Richard Barrera said the district is exploring whether to put an initiative on the ballot. -
Members of the search committee are in Calexico Tuesday to learn what students and faculty at San Diego State’s Imperial Valley satellite want in a new president. -
Research has shown the existing system to bring underprepared college students up to speed can actually hurt their chances of earning a degree. -
San Diego campuses are responding with a full slate of events — everything from legal clinics to workshops on managing stress. -
There’s a chance the cook at your favorite San Diego restaurant used to be in prison or homeless. Southeastern San Diego nonprofit Kitchens for Good has helped place more than 100 people in San Diego’s culinary industry since its founding two years ago.
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