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EducationPlus names Paul Ziegler new executive director

St. Louis Public Radio | By Dale Singer

Published December 6, 2016 at 3:24 PM CST

Paul Ziegler, new executive director of EducationPlus

Paul Ziegler, the superintendent of the Northwest R-1 school district in Jefferson County, will become executive director of EducationPlus on July 1, 2017.

Ziegler will succeed Matt Goodman, who has been interim executive director of the area school collaborative. Don Senti stepped down as head of the agency in April following questions about finances.

“I look forward to serving as the organization’s leader as we work to enhance educational opportunities for students in the area and statewide,” Ziegler said in a statement released by the agency. “EducationPlus is a strong advocate for the needs of the children in our local school districts.”

Ziegler has more than 20 years of experience serving students in area public schools. He also has a law degree from Saint Louis University. He will be paid $190,000 a year in his job as executive director; when Senti left, his salary was $193,730.

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Dale Singer began his career in professional journalism in 1969 by talking his way into a summer vacation replacement job at the now-defunct United Press International bureau in St. Louis; he later joined UPI full-time in 1972. Eight years later, he moved to the Post-Dispatch, where for the next 28-plus years he was a business reporter and editor, a Metro reporter specializing in education, assistant editor of the Editorial Page for 10 years and finally news editor of the newspaper's website. In September of 2008, he joined the staff of the Beacon, where he reported primarily on education. In addition to practicing journalism, Dale has been an adjunct professor at University College at Washington U. He and his wife live in west St. Louis County with their spoiled Bichon, Teddy. They have two adult daughters, who have followed them into the word business as a communications manager and a website editor, and three grandchildren. Dale reported for St. Louis Public Radio from 2013 to 2016.

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