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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A local man is taking the plunge to raise $210,000. Blair Cannon is training for a special swim to support the city’s school for homeless children and scholarships for military kids. -
Uncertainty over how Sacramento lawmakers will close the state’s nearly $9.6 billion shortfall have postposed budget decisions for San Diego city schools.
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Thousands of San Diego Unified high school seniors will graduate around the city today. One grad's walk across the stage is part of a long journey from a refugee camp to Stanford University.
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Accusations of fiscal mismanagement and legal violations could shut down a southeast San Diego charter school.
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Busing of San Diego city school students could get an overhaul over the next five years. -
A new report shows gay, lesbian and bisexual teens are more likely to engage in risky behavior than their straight classmates. San Diego Unified was one of six urban school districts included in the survey.
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