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 San Diego Unified teachers union voted to discuss "limited issues" with the school district, in the hope of saving jobs. -
Hundreds of San Diego Unified teachers are facing a second summer of unemployment, forcing many to put their lives on hold. -
San Diego Unified School District Board of Education President John Lee Evans was headed for a runoff Wednesday against his challenger, Mark Powell. -
State budget cuts have reduced classes at California’s public universities and colleges. Some of San Diego’s private schools are looking to fill that void.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney honored veterans in San Diego on Monday. More than 2,000 San Diegans poured into Balboa Park for the Memorial Day ceremony. -
Even labor leaders say San Diego teachers may have to agree give up some amount of pay or benefits next year to reduce layoffs.
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