Whether your child is struggling with fractions, is confused by algebraic functions, or simply wants to improve from an A- to an A+ in Calculus, our tutors can help. There are often multiple methods to solving a problem, so we gear our strategies toward the learning style of each individual student.

The language arts of reading, writing, speaking, and listening are all symbiotic in nature, which means that by improving in one of them students will improve in all of them. Our tutors understand that a student’s ability to organize thoughts and ideas in writing is directly related to that student’s ability in reading comprehension. From helping students read at grade level to teaching them how to analyze poetry, we have strategies that work.

Success in the sciences is heavily influenced by math and reading skills, but our tutors also help in the organization and categorization of technical terms and esoteric information involved in science curricula.

Understanding history involves more than just the memorization of dates, names, and events. Our tutors will help your child make sense of cause and effect relationship within an era. We can explain how geography helps shape outcomes or how ideological movements derive from one another. Our tutors will also use reading and writing strategies to help students best express their ideas on historical topics.

The ability to speak a foreign language is becoming a necessary skill for success in today’s marketplace and the world at large. We help students do more than learn verb conjugation and useful phrases for international travel. Our tutors believe in the importance of student immersion through frequent conversational exchange.

We study the best test-prep resources and simplify it all for students in an eight-week course at half the price of the big test-prep companies. Our tutors will familiarize students with test format and questions, teach effective test-taking strategies, and administer practice exams to get the best performance at test time.

Sometimes problems in school have little to do with any one subject. Some students do not perform to their full potential because they lack the organizational skills, study habits, and motivation to succeed. Our Study Skills & Success Coaching program can give your child the necessary tools for motivation and improvement.

Our tutors show students how to improve ideas, organization, voice, word choice, fluency, conventions, and presentation in their writing. We help to shape a rough draft into a finished product. Whether it be research-based, persuasive, expository, creative, reflective, journalistic, or technical, our tutors will help your child become a better writer.

When should high school students apply for college? Should they apply under an early action, early decision, or regular decision? Does the desired university allow unrestricted early action or single-choice early action? How should they choose the best colleges for application? Would it be best to start at a four-year or two-year school? Applying to colleges involves big decisions and can be overwhelming and stressful. Let our college consultants smooth out the process by helping your child avoid the pitfalls and make the right moves toward the best choice.

Is the service you’re searching for not listed above? Just let us know what you need. It’s likely we can help you. If we can’t, we’ll help direct you toward someone who can. At Better Grades In-Home Tutoring, we do whatever it takes to provide the best customer service.