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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Under a worst-case budget scenario, San Diego Unified could be forced to make hundreds of layoffs again next year. -
San Diego Unified officials have said mid-year budget cuts could leave the district facing insolvency in the fall - and they're not alone, according to the state's schools superintendent. -
After seven months of community meetings, Tony Young and Nathan Fletcher say they're ready to move forward with a plan to improve education in San Diego.
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San Diego school officials are hoping for the best as they draw up a draft budget for the next school year. -
UC San Diego researchers take on a challenge from the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. -
Boosting the academic performance of students who are learning English as a second language is the new Fallbrook superintendent's specialty.
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