
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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The event was the first public appearance of Sally Roush since taking the helm as president of SDSU this week.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe College Board has decided to invalidate some 800 Advanced Placement tests taken at Scripps Ranch High School because students were seated too close together.
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About 500 Scripps Ranch High School graduates learned Friday they will have to retake their Advanced Placement exams.
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Cal State San Marcos has the largest American Indian student population in the California State University system, and it is poised to grow.
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Sweetwater Adult School is cutting its classes by 10 percent. They include parenting, English-language, citizenship and career-technical courses.
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Three of its schools will become science-based magnet schools, and a new charter school is breaking ground in the neighborhood.
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