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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Tuesday was the first day on the job for San Diego State University's new president, Dr. Elliot Hirshman. He spent the day touring parts of the campus and meeting with students. -
San Diego city schools won’t get a reprieve from $114 million in budget cuts for the coming year. This is the fourth year of funding decreases for the district. -
Over the next five years the San Diego Unified School District is planning to reduce student busing. At the same time there is a plan to improve the quality of neighborhood schools as part of the Vision 2020 initiative. KPBS is interested in hearing about your experiences with district busing and your neighborhood school. -
KPBS Midday EditionWhat will an all-cuts budget mean for the San Diego Unified School District? We speak to school board president Richard Barrera about how the district plans to cut $115 million, and how uncertainty about the state budget influenced the board's decisions. -
State budget uncertainty is forcing San Diego city schools toward nearly $115 million in planned cuts for next school year.
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San Diego and the nation have seen and increase in the number of homeless families.
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