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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California Community Colleges' apprenticeship programs are strapped for cash as President Obama calls for more support.
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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. -
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. -
The San Marcos school district is being sued by a former football player who suffered permanent disability from a head injury. -
SDSU Professor Karen Cadiero-Kaplan takes helm of the English Learner Support Division at the California Department of Education.
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The researcher is calling for better studies on charter schools.
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