Investigative journalist Matt Drange joins Joelle to discuss his groundbreaking reporting on educator sexual abuse at Rosemead High School—work that helped expose institutional failures and bring long-hidden truths to light. In this candid conversation, Matt shares how he earned the trust of survivors, what he uncovered in the district’s response, and why rigorous reporting remains essential to protecting students. This episode pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to hold schools accountable—and why stories like these matter now more than ever.

Read Matt's work:

He was my high school journalism teacher. Then I investigated his relationships with teenage girls.

The predators’ playground: Unraveling 40 years of sexual misconduct at a single California high school

An epidemic of sexual abuse in schools: Shoddy investigations, quiet resignations, and a culture of secrecy have protected predators, not students.

In this powerful conversation, Joelle sits down with Terri Miller, President of the NCSESAME Board of Directors, to trace her remarkable journey from exposing educator sexual misconduct in Nevada to becoming one of the nation’s most trusted advocates for student safety. Terri shares how her early work uncovering abuse shaped her commitment to accountability, what led her to SESAME’s founding mission, and the tireless support she now provides to survivors and families across the country. This is an essential episode for anyone who wants to understand how real change happens—and the courage it takes to lead it.

In this conversation, Joelle sits down with Faith Colson, NCSESAME Board Member and national advocate working to stop educator sexual misconduct.

Faith discusses the policy gaps that put students at risk, how “passing the trash” continues today, and the change survivors are driving nationwide. It’s a look at how personal testimony becomes public reform.

Introducing Crossing the Line, a podcast from NCSESAME.

Each episode will explore the systemic problem of educator sexual misconduct—how it happens, why it continues, and what must change. Through interviews with survivors, experts, and policy leaders, we’re exposing the failures that allow abuse to persist—and lifting up the solutions that protect students.

Learn more at NCSESAME.org