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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San Diego education leaders reacted positively to Governor Jerry Brown's proposed changes to school and higher education funding. -
California will start phasing out multiple-choice, bubble-in tests next year.
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Confucius Institute at San Diego State University has earned international recognition. -
School board meetings, crowded with parents supporting and opposing an in-school yoga program, haven't changed the Encinitas district's plans. -
San Diego County law enforcement will be conducting DUI checkpoints Friday through New Year's Day.
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Apartments and condominiums in California will have to have carbon monoxide monitors in the new year.
- Private plane from Ramona Airport lost over the Pacific Ocean
- Trash pickup strike ends in Chula Vista
- National City pledged to reduce pollution. Now it’s considering a new industrial biofuel depot
- San Diego residents to choose their trash can size and cost
- School enrollment falls in San Diego, and it's getting worse