The Silent Yet Serious Crisis
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Repeatedly, achievement and attendance results tell education leaders that too many students are disengaged from school.
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National surveys indicate that four out of five students say that they are bored at school.
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Yet, only about 10% of teachers say that professional development activities address the needs of their students.
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Inadequately supported, nearly two out of three new teachers leave their jobs within the first three years.
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Conclusion: Align education with students—not just standards.
"Education today is like a bowl of broccoli with soy milk"
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How can schooling help more students achieve content mastery
and at the same time awaken purpose, belonging, and agency?
The Solution
The FACES Framework
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Dr. Olatunji's book offers a clear, practical framework that helps educators build learning environments where young people thrive.
The book introduces FACES, a framework grounded in research and decades of real life experience:
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Fun – Use activities that make learning enjoyable
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Affirmation – Validate the learner
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Challenge – Provide supportive relationships and rigor
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Expression – Cultivate youth autonomy and agency
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Success – Teach prosperity principles
Together, these features help educators develop school cultures and climates filled with joy, engagement and meaningful learning.
Thus, the FACES Framework offers an excellent approach for improving student engagement and achievement as well as teacher effectiveness and satisfaction.
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Celebrity Endorsement
Jack Canfield
"As a personal success coach who once served as a teacher in the Chicago Public Schools, I can attest with conviction that this book belongs in the professional development toolkit of every educator. Through his insight and creativity, Olatunji provides a much-needed paradigm shift for improving the way we teach and learn."
Coauthor of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, The Success Principles™,
and Self-Esteem in the Classroom
Education should awaken purpose, not just deliver content.
When young people experience learning as meaningful, affirming, and challenging, they don’t just succeed, they thrive.
Aside from author, Dr. Olatunji is a consultant, speaker and trainer. His work is grounded in research and actual experience with a focus on creating learning environments that are both humane and effective.
Dr. Olatunji helps adults rethink how learning is experienced so that engagement, purpose, and achievement can grow naturally together. Thus his mantra: passion propels performance!