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 EditionIt is something we have been hearing a lot lately, so we headed to a San Diego school to see what it looks like in the classroom — and whether you can grade it. -
The Dalai Lama spoke Friday to a crowd of about 25,000 at the University of California, San Diego. -
Students at High Tech High in Point Loma are wrapping up their school year — and a special gift for Syrian refugees. -
Would voters pass a hotel tax increase for convention center and homeless funding? The answer depends on which poll you read. -
From water lead testing to teacher tenure, about a dozen education bills by San Diego legislators passed the California Assembly and Senate before Friday's deadline. -
The California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson was in San Diego Thursday to draw attention to California's teacher shortage.
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