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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One Mt. Helix parent is challenging new boundaries for Grossmont high schools. -
An organization focused on helping disadvantaged high school students become the first in their families to go to college is planning to expand.
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California schools that were spared from December funding cut will face new challenges with the governor's proposed budget plan. -
The district attorney, who is running for mayor of San Diego, wants the mayor's office to be more involved in running the San Diego Unified School District. -
Charges were filed today against five people -- including the ex-superintendent of the Sweetwater Union High School District, school board trustees and a contractor who worked for the district. -
The university ranked as one of the top ten values in public higher education.
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