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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When Chula Vista doctors partnered with a local school to combat childhood obesity, they also set their sites on helping adults make healthier choices. -
San Diego parents will be first in the country to use a new program that allows them to see the material students' work with in class.
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San Diego teachers have ratified an agreement that will save the jobs of more than 1,400 educators.
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San Diego Unified continues to improve graduation rates and reduce the number of dropouts.
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San Diego schools trustees are expected to approve an agreement Friday that would save the jobs of 1,481 city educators.
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California outperforms other states when it comes to supporting pregnant and parenting students, but the program that provides that support is one of many state services facing funding cuts.
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