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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The University of San Diego has withdrawn its speaking invitation to an English Catholic theologian. The professor signed a letter supporting civil marriage rights for same-sex couples in the United Kingdom. -
National City Middle School was among 23 California schools that had academic ratings invalidated by the state.
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A San Diego principal gives up his hair to repay students for test score gains. -
Two contests for San Diego Unified school board seats probably haven't been on the radars of lots of voters in the City of San Diego. -
Governor Jerry Brown was in San Diego Tuesday to promote Proposition 30. -
University of California chancellors are spreading the message that any state student can prepare to attend a UC school.
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