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 campuses, including SDSU, are looking to address their long list of deferred maintenance. -
Government shutdown will leave most public schools largely untouched, as long as it doesn't last too long.
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Last year, a partnership of almost 30 organizations in Chula Vista's Castle Park neighborhood received a five-year grant to provide "cradle-to-career" support for the neighborhood’s children and families. -
San Diego Unified School Superintendent Cindy Marten's vision for successful schools starts with the principals. -
San Diego Unified is one of four finalist school districts for the prestigious Broad Prize for Urban Education. The honor was awarded to Houston Independent School District. -
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan ended a back-to-school bus tour in Chula Vista Friday, and praised the district's success in raising attendance and test scores.
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- San Diego Unified is getting rid of some K-8 middle schools