Homework : What should be standard practice

Quite a few proposals around improving performance the academic performance of students involve very costly interventions. Even though many of these surely come accurate on the cost-benefit tests, but they surely can be enormously challenging, both politically and economically, to ensure a successful functioning and implementation. A possible way involves changing the ways in which schools are conducted. For instance, in a recent policy proposal, Jacob and Rockoff suggest three low-cost ways to conduct schools that can ensure maximised student performance: i. clubbing elementary and middle schools into single buildings; ii. optimize teacher assignment; and iii. Starting the school in the later half of the day for middle and high school students. But more so than other, their third idea seems particularly actionable because it does not have the need of new buildings to be built, and the nature of teachers’ jobs would not significantly change. Schools that start elementary schools lat...

BDM International’s events always carry the legacy that the school is bearing for last few decades. The investiture ceremony of the school is a perfect example of such thing. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself, when you become a leader, success is all about growing others’’- with this spirit in the heart and soul, B.D.M. International celebrated their Investiture Ceremony on the 25th day of August, 2017. This ceremony bestowed responsibility of leading the school with commitment, confidence and competence to the young talents. It was a solemn occasion where the young students were all prepared to march on the path of leadership and discharge the responsibilities entrusted upon them. B.D.M. International was honoured to have Former Brigadier Balbir Singh and Colonel Amit Priyadarshi as the guests of honour. The ceremony began with the school song. The dignitaries were escorted to the stage by the band. The heads of the institution and the chief guest...

Weak vocabulary among students is one of the key concerns raised by language teachers during the PTM in most of the schools. The blurring expertise has been a consistent theme in all the consultation sessions held with educators to comprehend execution of understudies in dialects. It has been voiced by so many teachers that this actually sounded like one of the real time problems which teachers acknowledge very often. On further pondering and discussion with teachers, the scenario that comes to the surface is that, the direct linkage of reading habit with the dwindling vocabulary among students is the main cause of this. The further piece of writing is an attempt to internalise this thought as a learner and subsequently look at possible dynamics of learning to bolster the way a child can learn vocabulary as an expertise. Words have always been a way to communicate beautifully and they lend a hand in garnishing the existing imagination of the speaker, be it communication w...

The great educators of Bengal got featured in the Economic Times’s Education Icons of bengal. We are proud to be featured as one of them. BDM Iinternational is one of the biggest names of education industry in Kolkata. We have already made our mark in the heart of Kolkata and we are now ranking in all over bengal. Previously we have touched the amazing feat of being one of the best institutes of Kolkata, in a survey conducted by the Times group. This time again we are keeping up with the legacy of ours. Education starts with the creation of value system and helps student seek their true calling, says Shailesh Khaitan, Chairman, BDM International. The USP of BDM International not only lies in the fact that not only we create winners out of our students in the field of education but also in the field of every extra curricluar activity as in sports, dance, singing etc. We constantly thrive to excel in every field and try to upgrade us so that we can provide the best to our student...

Microsoft Schools are focused on leading and learning. Schools which are working to consider how to transform education and integrate technology into their classrooms, building and lessons would benefit from joining the Microsoft Schools program. (Source: www.microsoft.com) We are partnered with Microsoft as a Microsoft school to implement latest education methods to promote holistic learning. BDM International always craves for the betterment of their school and their students. Partnering with Microsoft as a Microsoft school will not only enhance the value of the school but will also increase the standard of our educational system. Contact BDMI:- Address: BDM International, Pratapgarh, P.O. Narendrapur, Kolkata-700103, West Bengal (India). Phone: 033-2435-8402/2435-9955 http://www.bdmi.org/achievements-awards/other-awards-scholarships/#microsoft-school

Most of the teachers now-a-days stresses over homework, making sure that the students are into constant practice. Yet there’s a debate over what should be the setting or how it should be. Teachers find it tough while teaching both primary and secondary students, and regularly finding themselves drawn into the argument on the reasoning behind it – parents, and sometimes colleagues, questioning its validity. A full parent-teacher meeting can become consumed by how much trouble students have completing assignments. All of which leads the teachers to a question behind setting homework. Is it worth it? Progressively, there's a gap between the individuals who bolster the requirement for homework and the individuals who propose the time would be better gone through with family and creating connections. The tension identified with homework is as often as possible evaluated. A survey of high-performing high schools by unofficial sources found that 56% of students considered home...