Author Archives: Hollly McDede

I Got Access to Hundreds of Teacher Misconduct Complaints in California — and You Can Too

by Holly McDede, KQED This story was originally co-published by ProPublica and KQED I was a new reporter at KQED in 2021 when former elementary teacher Joseph Brian Houg was sentenced to more than three decades in prison for sexually … Continue reading

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He Was Fired for Sexually Harassing Students. California Allowed Him to Keep Teaching Anyway

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with KQED. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. by Holly McDede, KQED, and Mollie Simon, ProPublica This story was … Continue reading

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