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 San Diego private school drew in Chinese campers this summer for an intensive program on applying to American colleges. -
UC San Diego's School of International Relations and Pacific Studies hosted officers from Camp Pendleton's 1st Battalion, 4th Marines Monday
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For the second year in a row, students at more than 200 schools across California posted images of state standardized tests online. Students at 10 middle and high schools in San Diego county posted photos. -
Lots of summer leadership turn over for San Diego Unified. -
San Diegans weigh in on rules for new school funding system.
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California students' passing rates slip slightly on state standardized tests.
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