Kyla Calvert
Education ReporterKyla Calvert is the education reporter forKPBS, 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.
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A student-led venture capital fund at UC San Diego's Rady School of Management teaches students the ins and outs of start-ups. -
San Diego Unified School District is piloting classes for students who have spent years in U.S. schools without mastering English. -
Case studies document academic gains in high schools where learning is linked to careers.
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Efforts to reduce childhood obesity in Chula Vista schools appear to be paying off. -
San Diego students celebrated Albert Einstein's birthday by exploring the connection between science and business. -
The San Diego Unified School District Board of Education tonight unanimously approved the four-year contract of Cindy Marten to become superintendent.
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