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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KPBS Midday EditionKPBS takes a look at the top health and education stories with KPBS reporters Kenny Goldberg and Kyla Calvert. -
Home prices were up for a ninth straight month in San Diego this October. -
California's application for a waiver from No Child Left Behind is facing rejection.
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San Diego Unified gets high marks for school choice and competition from the Brookings Institute. -
San Diego Unified is serving free lunches at city recreation centers over the winter break. -
KPBS Midday EditionSchool staff, teachers and parents across the country are grappling with how to respond to the tragic mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school.
- San Diego to pay $875K to man shot with police bean bag rounds and bitten by K-9
- Charlie Kirk, who helped build support for Trump among young people, dies after campus shooting
- San Diego Supervisors unanimously deny Cottonwood Sand Mine developer's appeal
- VA Secretary defends staff reductions, anti-union moves at agency during San Diego visit
- San Diego class-action suit says ICE courthouse arrests are illegal