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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Candidates vying to represent the city’s southeastern neighborhoods on San Diego Unified’s Board of Education debated at Knox Middle School Wednesday night.
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San Diego's City Council and Board of Education are looking at how to build more partnerships between the city and school district.
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Latino graduation rates at San Diego's public universities lag their white counterparts, but not by as much as state and national averages.
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Cal State faculty union members began voting yesterday on whether to authorize their first system-wide strike.
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UCSD has reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education over racially-charge incidents that happened on campus two years ago. -
One Chula Vista school is hoping a targeted approach will lead to students and families making healthier choices.
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