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Kyla Calvert
Education Reporter
Kyla Calvert is the Education Reporter with KPBS, producing multimedia content for radio, television and the web. Kyla began producing web content while working in marketing in San Francisco. She decided to change careers and received a master’s degree in journalism with a concentration in digital media from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2009. While in school she freelanced for City Hall and The Capitol newspapers covering New York City and state politics and policy.
After completing her degree, she worked as a fellow for Hearst Newspapers on “Dead By Mistake” a nationwide investigative project about medical error. The project received the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award.
Kyla moved to San Diego from Beaufort County, South Carolina where she covered county government for The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette.
Recent Stories
Birney Elementary Bouncing Back From Fire
University Heights elementary school sees flood of donations after fire.
Legislators Restore School Bus Funding, Cut General Spending
When state revenues fell short of projections in December, one of the triggered budget cuts was a $248 million reduction to the fund for home to school transportation. Those cuts were scheduled to go into effect Feb. 1 and would have fallen most heavily on rural areas like Julian where 184 students travel to school by bus across the 620 square mile district.
San Diego Teachers 'Flipping' The Classroom Script
Could swapping homework problems for video lectures change the way schools work?
SDSU Hosts Event Focused on 'Courage' To Honor Civil Rights Advocate
SDSU hosts event to commemorate California's second annual Fred Korematsu Day.
Programs Obama Favors To Train High-Tech Workers Severely Cut In Calif.
California Community Colleges' apprenticeship programs are strapped for cash as President Obama calls for more support.
San Diego School Board Hears More Grim Budget News
The San Diego Unified School District budget for the next fiscal year will suffer whether or not Gov. Jerry Brown's tax proposals are passed by voters, according to a presentation to be given to the Board of Education today.
San Diego Elementry School Closed After Arson Fire
A University Heights primary school was closed today due to an overnight arson fire that caused an estimated $600,000 worth of property damage, authorities reported.
Trial Starts In Head Injury Lawsuit
The San Marcos school district is being sued by a former football player who suffered permanent disability from a head injury.
Local Academic Goes From Studying Policy To Shaping It
SDSU Professor Karen Cadiero-Kaplan takes helm of the English Learner Support Division at the California Department of Education.
UCSD Researcher Says Charter School Studies Fall Short
The researcher is calling for better studies on charter schools.
