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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An advocacy group says it’s suing the city under the California Voting Rights Act. -
KPBS Midday EditionA San Diego program to improve cross-border collaboration in the sciences has seen record enrollment this summer, despite political tension at the border. -
The Council on American-Islamic Relations said the 14-year-old girl and her parents were attacked by eight to 10 students who had followed her home from Greenfield Middle School. -
California released its latest graduation numbers Thursday, and they look a bit different after a federal audit forced changes.
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The humanities are dying, or so say a lot of headlines. What is true is the number of San Diego students majoring in humanities is dropping. -
San Diego’s Comic-Con Museum is making its debut at this year’s convention. It's signing up members and asking what people would like to see in the museum.
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- La Mesa-Spring Valley, Lemon Grove school mental health grants cut early by Trump administration
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