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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City engineers may extend an existing resurfacing project on 54th Street to improve safety for bicyclists and pedestrians. -
Councilwoman Marti Emerald wants to release the three-stage study in full despite an existing plan to release information as it becomes available. -
A charter school in San Diego's Mid-City area is getting top honors for its performance on California's new Common Core-aligned standardized test. -
Ramped up preventative efforts and early interventions are needed to bring down the number of San Diego County youths joining gangs because parental disapproval alone may not be enough, according to a report released Monday by the San Diego Association of Governments. -
Audit also finds slow response times to high-priority violations -
The San Diego street where investigators believe multiple drivers struck a Mid-City teen lacks sidewalks and a bike lane.
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