Press Releases
Media Coverage
St. Louis Business Journal | 6/22/23
Online learning firm Nerdy says AI is writing 30% of its software code
Trending in Education Podcast | 6/15/23
Tutoring, AI and Teacher Empowerment with Anthony Salcito
EducationWeek | 5/30/23
What ChatGPT Could Mean for Tutoring
Financial Times | 5/29/23
Edtech group insist AI is friend not foe despite warnings
EdTech Insiders Podcast | 5/4/23
ASU+GSV: Chuck Cohn, CEO and Anthony Salcito, CIO of Nerdy
EdSurge | 2/20/23
One County Is Making Tutors ‘Co-Teachers.’ Will That Help With Teacher Burnout?
K-12 Drive | 1/25/23
Florida district to launch teacher-driven classroom tutoring support
Hartford Courant | 1/17/2023
Washington Post | 1/14/2023
Varsity Tutors on the benefits of high-impact, “teacher-assigned” tutoring
CNBC | 12/14/22
Online tutoring side hustles are in demand, and can pay up to $180 an hour—here’s how to get started
Education Week | 12/8/22
Schools Are Spending Big Bucks on Online Tutoring. Here’s What They’ve Learned
Education Week | 12/6/22
Everyone Is Looking to Tutoring Right Now. But How Do We Make It Work?
International Business Times | 11/20/22
Nerdy's Online Tutoring Helps Schools Tackle America's Education Crisis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 10/10/22
Nerdy CEO bets his own money on firm's new revenue strategy
St. Louis Business Journal | 8/24/22
St. Louis public company continues buying spree
San Diego Union-Tribune | 8/23/22
Zoo, tutoring company to put on free 45-minute 'online field trip' Wednesday
FOX Business | 8/17/22
Nerdy CEO contends online learning will thrive as kids get back to school
Insider | 8/15/22
Axios | 8/14/22
A new online tutoring bundle aims to help kids catch up
ABC 9 (Kansas City, KS) | 8/13/22
KCKPS offering free, virtual small-group tutoring to students in kindergarten through 8th grade
St. Louis Business Journal | 7/28/22
Startup Exit Award: Exit of the Year - Nerdy
FOX 4 (Kansas City, KS) | 7/28/22
KCK public schools debut summer camp, tutoring options
7/15/22 | FORBES
Why The Future Of Online Education Looks Bright
6/30/22 | FORBES
Behind The Nerdy Tutoring Surge
6/22/22 | NBC 12
Scottsdale Unified School District is offering free tutoring to students
5/04/22 | AARP
3/02/22 | The 74 Million
2/11/22 | CBS Arizona
How Scottsdale students can get free tutoring
1/17/22 | NBC Chicago
Teaching Children About Coding and Programming
1/10/22 | CNBC
The top 20 companies on a hiring spree for remote workers this year
11/06/21 | Authority Magazine
10/12/21 | NPR
St. Louis-based Nerdy goes public while helping students rebound from pandemic
09/22/21 | Yahoo! Money
Nerdy makes public debut amid online learning boom
09/21/21 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Nerdy starts trading on NYSE, sees 'transformational opportunity'
09/21/21 | TD Ameritrade Network
Nerdy (NRDY) CEO Talks Company Debut On The NYSE
09/13/21 | Forbes
School & Online Learning Evolve Rapidly: Nerdy CEO Discusses Trends
09/07/21 | FOX Business
How much does it cost to homeschool kids?
08/31/21 | IPO Edge
Nerdy CEO Cohn on Going Public, Future of Online Education
08/20/21 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Nerdy set to go public in mid-September
08/02/21 | St. Louis Magazine
The founder of Varsity Tutors proves that a near failure can teach success
07/18/21 | Animation Magazine
Varsity Tutors Toons Up with TikTok’s Audity Draws in Virtual Kids’ Character Class
06/24/21 | EdTech Digest
Post-COVID, One Lingering Factor for Education
06/02/21 | USA Today
Why schools should bet on tutors, not bots, to help students recover from learning loss
05/27/21 | Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors and Halsted Strategy Group Release May 2021 Parent Survey Results
05/27/21 | Investing.com
Tutoring Matchmaker Nerdy Eyes Big Growth as Merger Looms
05/25/21 | St. Louis Business Journal
Nerdy, soon to be a public company, adds Amazon expertise to its c-suite
05/20/21 | Business Insider
04/25/21 | New York Times
04/02/21 | CNN
What it's like to attend 'Space Club' with astronauts and planetary explorers
03/24/21 | Yahoo! Finance
How Nerdy is transforming the online tutoring space
03/16/21 | Forbes
How Nerdy Is Revolutionizing Online Learning To Expand Minds... And Its Business
01/30/21 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Varsity Tutors goes public. $1.7 billion deal makes it first tech 'unicorn' in St. Louis
01/29/21 | Bloomberg
Online Learning Platform Nerdy Agrees to Go Public Via TPG SPAC
11/14/20 | GeekWire
Why Varsity Tutors’ president left Amazon for Sears and what he learned from the experience
11/13/20 | NPR
How To Foster Civic Engagement With Kids On Election Day
10/27/20 | Fox
Tutors See "COVID slide" in Students Experiencing Lag in Skills Due to Pandemic
10/17/20 | St. Louis Business Journal
Getting to the Head of the Class
09/23/20 | USA Today
Common on struggling to find your voice, rapping 'to be heard' and why your vote matters
09/08/20 | CNN
Remote learning is costing parents a fortune
09/03/20 | The Seattle Times
Big firms offer stressed parents new perks such as subsidized tutoring
08/25/20 | CNBC
How companies are preparing employees for long-term work-from-home
08/24/20 | Entrepreneur
08/20/20 | The Washington Post
Big firms offer stressed parents new perks such as subsidized tutoring
08/19/20 | MarketScale
How School@Home Elevates Homeschooling in a Remote World
08/11/20 | NBC Boston
Keeping Students on Track With Private Tutors
08/06/20 | The Chicago Tribune
Part-time job options for early retirees
07/29/20 | National Review
Part-time job options for early retirees
07/24/20 | CBS New York
07/16/20 | TODAY
As COVID-19 continues to surge, more parents plan to home school their kids
07/06/20 | TODAY
Free summer camp resources to help your kids through quarantine
05/25/20 | Fox Los Angeles
Varsity Tutors hosting classes taught by celebrities
05/15/20 | The Wall Street Journal
20 Ways Tech Can Keep Your Kids Engaged and Learning This Summer
05/13/20 | CBS San Diego
Celebrities put a new spin on distance learning
05/13/20 | St. Louis Business Journal
New celebrity-led courses bring explosive growth to edtech startup’s virtual school program
05/12/20 | New York Post
Desperate parents are sending their kids to virtual summer camps
05/07/20 | Yahoo! Entertainment
05/05/20 | Forbes
Could Virtual Camp Be The Answer For Working Parents This Summer?
04/29/20 | The Wall Street Journal
Parents Turn to Online Tutors to Help Keep Kids Learning and Motivated
04/08/20 | MarketWatch
03/16/20 | TechCrunch
Varsity Tutors launches Virtual School Day for free amid COVID-19 school closures
03/16/20 | Forbes
How A Top EdTech Company Responded To COVID-19 School Closures
12/02/20 | Forbes
Why Even Today’s Disruptors Need To Avoid The Shackles Of Tomorrow