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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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos shocked many last week when she told reporters she supports the Second Chance Pell Grant program. -
A small group of California school districts, including three in San Diego County, have stopped offering transitional kindergarten. We follow one parent’s struggle to find out why. -
One by one, San Diego County school districts are changing how they elect board members, to avoid being sued under the California Voting Rights Act. -
The department's "new era of excellence" comes after one in which the department grappled with concerns over officer misconduct, racial profiling and the recruitment process itself. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe #MeToo movement has forced Americans to reckon not only with the pervasiveness of sexual misconduct, but also hazy communication about sex. Will the next generation fare better? -
Dozens of students and community members protested Monday after a La Mesa police officer was shown roughly slamming a teenage girl to the ground in a video posted to Facebook this weekend.
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- Oceanside city council approves new tenant protections, rejects rent control
- San Diego class-action suit says ICE courthouse arrests are illegal