High School Math Tutoring
Tailored, one-on-one lessons that help high school students master the foundational concepts they need to succeed in class and on college entrance exams. We offer online lessons to reach students everywhere.
Why students need support
High school students study algebra, geometry, and trigonometry — not just for class, but also for college entrance exams like the SAT and ACT. Many students also begin to study calculus, or plan to in college.
All of these subjects build on the foundational concepts taught in earlier math classes. If your student does not have strong mastery of these math foundations, they may be struggling to master content in class.
Brave Math is for high school students who are:
Challenged by Algebra I or Algebra II.
First, we’ll make sure your student mastered the foundational math concepts from middle school math. From there, we’ll tune-up the content they found challenging and get ahead on what’s next.
Preparing for college entrance exams or calculus classes.
We’ll ensure your student has mastered all of the math concepts they’ll need to succeed in advanced math classes and to prepare for college entrance exams.
If your student is challenged by pre-calculus or calculus and needs immediate support to improve their grades via homework help and test prep, let’s connect to discuss whether the best approach for supporting their goals is Brave Math, another service, or both.
The Brave Math approach
Rather than covering homework and upcoming tests with your student, each lesson teaches the math skills and confidence they need to succeed without the continued support of a math tutor. Lessons move at your student’s pace, starting where math makes sense and ending when they’re no longer needed. The goals of lessons are to:
Build strong math foundations. We’ll arm your student with the conceptual and mechanical understanding they need to master more advanced concepts with confidence.
Bridge the gap for mastering classwork. We’ll reenforce the content your student hasn’t yet mastered and will continue on until we’ve introduced the content they’ll learn next.
Promote self-reliance. Over time, your student will develop the skill set and confidence they need to independently succeed in math class without the need for more lessons.
Rajni Rao, founder and tutor, started Brave Math after observing why students in her middle school math classes in Sacramento, CA and Washington, D.C. weren’t able to master new content. Prior to teaching, Rajni attended Thomas Jefferson High School, graduated from the University of Virginia, and earned her Masters in Education from Loyola Marymount University.
Testimonials
“My daughter went into 7th grade with major gaps in her math knowledge. I chose Rajni as a tutor because I liked her approach: identify her math gaps through testing, focus on getting her caught up, and then give her the option to stop tutoring. In three months, my daughter was not only caught up, she was doing well on her assessments at school.”
“My daughter met with Rajni for an hour weekly, she was quickly able to evaluate the pieces that my daughter was missing and struggling with and make a plan to “fill in the blanks.” Eight months later my daughter is much more confident in math as consistently earning good grades.”
“My son has always loved math. Starting 6th grade he seemed to be a little behind and I saw him losing confidence in his math skills. We were referred to Rajni and she has truly done an awesome job in giving him the tools for him to be successful.”
“Rajni tutored my daughter all summer between 6th and 7th grade in preparation for starting Algebra. She quickly identified the gaps in what she had learned in school and tackled them. My daughter’s confidence was growing with each session and she looked forward to going!”
“I was grades behind in my math and have been catching up with tremendous speed... I have never once felt judged for my level of math or not grasping a concept quickly enough.”
FAQ
How long will tutoring last? Students make a long-term commitment to learn years of math content in an accelerated, condensed format. The journey looks different for each student. The most important considerations are how many foundational concepts we need to cover, how quickly they master content during sessions, and how frequently we meet. After an initial consultation, we can set goals for your student.
Is there any homework? Some of the concepts covered will require reinforcement outside of lessons. For those concepts, I’ll encourage students to spend about thirty minutes per week practicing problems, prioritizing their schoolwork over this homework as needed.
Will this fix their math grade? Brave Math is a long-term play for grades, focused on building your student’s mastery of math. Sometimes grades also need a short-term play, so I can recommend tutoring services to help students with their immediate homework and test prep needs.
How do you accommodate students with learning differences? I have experience working with students with IEPs and 504s, and with a variety of learning differences, including ADHD, dyslexia, autism, and math-specific learning disabilities. In our sessions, I move at the student’s pace to cover strategies that help students with memory and processing challenges, and reinforce those strategies via repetition. Additionally, I cover executive functioning strategies that build confidence and communication skills so that students can advocate for themselves when learning math.
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