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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Orchestra students at Chula Vista High School got a visit from a world-renowned cellist this morning. -
UC San Diego is leaving the University of California program that guarantees admission to community college students who complete specific requirements. -
Teachers, parents and students rallied Tuesday afternoon to protest education spending cuts and teacher layoffs. -
Fifty-four percent of likely voters polled by the Public Policy Institute of California said they plan to vote for Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative. -
San Diego Unified trustees will consider sending almost 1,000 more layoff notices. -
John Lee Evans, Mark Powell and Jared Hamilton debated how to best represent the interests of north inland community members Thursday.
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