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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Cal State trustees voted Wednesday to raise tuition if the universities don’t get additional state funding next year. -
A school trustee wants to slash employee pay under a plan to save the district from insolvency.
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Across the country, 2010’s college graduates left school owing about 5 percent more than the class before them. -
Teachers and students aired their financial grievances today at rallies at San Diego State University and UC San Diego.
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Nearly nine out of 10 San Diego State University freshmen in the 2010 class are back on campus this fall -- a record for the university. -
San Diego Unified teachers and staff are getting creative to support the district’s award-winning visual and performing arts programs.
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