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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San Diego Unified trustees voted unanimously to end consideration of closing 10 schools next fall.
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San Diego Unified's New Arrivals Centers teach recent immigrant students more than English. -
Board of Education Trustee Scott Barnett accused his colleagues of refusing to address the school district's budget crisis on the same day Moody's downgrades San Diego Unified's bond rating. -
Parents, teachers and staff turned out at the Board of Education meeting Tuesday night to reject school closures. -
A new report finds California elementary school students are not getting high-quality science instruction.
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Almost 25 percent of San Diego County kindergarten through 12th grade students are English language learners.
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