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Edtech Conversations with Fexingo: Online Learning, Schools, and Education Software

Edtech Conversations with Fexingo: Online Learning, Schools, and Education Software

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Lucas and Luna examine the business of education technology, from K-12 software procurement to the economics of lifelong learning platforms. Each episode takes one specific edtech segment—adaptive tutoring algorithms, university-backed MOOC spinoffs, classroom hardware refresh cycles—and traces the revenue models, customer acquisition costs, and regulatory pressures that define it. They discuss real company cases: Byju's debt restructuring, PowerSchool's private equity play, Coursera's B2B pivot, and the slow adoption of AI grading tools in U.S. districts. Lucas brings the numbers—public filings, enrollment data, district IT budgets—while Luna asks about teacher buy-in, equity gaps, and what actually drives student outcomes beyond the pitch deck. The show is for product managers at edtech startups, school district administrators evaluating vendors, and investors tracking the sector's shift from growth-at-all-costs to profitability. No hype about 'transforming the classroom'—just the actual unit economics of selling software to cash-strapped schools. Can an edtech company scale without sacrificing learning outcomes, or is the business model fundamentally at odds with educational equity? #Edtech #OnlineLearning #K12Software #Coursera #Byjus #PowerSchool #AdaptiveLearning #Mooc #DistrictIT #EdtechFunding #EducationPolicy #LifelongLearning #AIinEducation #SchoolTechnology #EdtechBusiness #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Technology Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo© 2026 Fexingo. All rights reserved. Economics
Episodes
  • How Outschool Grew by Giving Parents Control Over Learning

    How Outschool Grew by Giving Parents Control Over Learning
    Jun 18 2026
    In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how Outschool, a marketplace for live online small-group classes, carved out a unique niche in edtech by targeting homeschoolers and supplementing traditional K-12 education. They trace its growth from a 2015 startup to a platform with over a million classes taught across 100+ countries. The conversation focuses on Outschool's marketplace model, its pivot during the pandemic, how it sustained engagement post-COVID, and the challenges of quality control and teacher pay. Specific data points include the platform's 4.8-star average rating, its partnerships with school districts, and the rise of 'microschools' as a competing trend. The hosts also touch on the regulatory questions around unaccredited learning and what Outschool's trajectory says about the future of personalized education. #Outschool #Edtech #OnlineLearning #Marketplace #Homeschooling #K12 #Microschools #LiveClasses #PandemicPivot #TeacherEconomy #PersonalizedLearning #BusinessModel #StartupGrowth #EducationReform #ParentChoice #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #EdtechConversations Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    12 mins
  • How Mastery Transcript Consortium Is Reinventing the High School Diploma

    How Mastery Transcript Consortium Is Reinventing the High School Diploma
    Jun 17 2026
    For over a century, the high school diploma has been a simple summary: four years of seat time, a minimum GPA, a checklist of credits. The Mastery Transcript Consortium — a nonprofit founded by over 300 private and public high schools — is trying to replace that with a dynamic, competency-based digital record that shows not just what courses a student passed, but what they can actually do. In this episode, Lucas and Luna drill into how the consortium is building a common framework for 'mastery credits,' why dozens of colleges including MIT and Harvard have signed on as endorsement partners, and the biggest tension: will selective admissions offices actually use this data when evaluating applicants? They also discuss the technology stack — the open-source learning record store that powers the transcript — and one early adopter school that saw its college acceptance rate rise after switching. If you work in edtech, admissions, or credentialing, this is the quiet infrastructure play that might reshape how we define academic achievement. #MasteryTranscriptConsortium #CompetencyBasedEducation #HighSchoolDiploma #Credentialing #Edtech #Nonprofit #CollegeAdmissions #MIT #Harvard #LearningRecordStore #OpenSource #MasteryLearning #K12 #EducationReform #DigitalTranscript #BusinessAndTechnology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    11 mins
  • How Proctorio Survived the Remote Testing Backlash

    How Proctorio Survived the Remote Testing Backlash
    Jun 17 2026
    Proctorio, the remote proctoring software used by hundreds of universities, faced a massive student privacy backlash in 2020-2021. In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine how the company navigated lawsuits, negative press, and a coordinated student campaign to emerge with a revised business model and stricter data practices. They dive into the specific incident where a student reverse-engineered the Chrome extension, Proctorio's decision to pursue legal action, and how the company ultimately rebuilt its trust with institutional clients. The hosts also discuss the broader implications for edtech surveillance, the trade-offs between academic integrity and student privacy, and whether Proctorio's survival signals a durable shift in how we think about remote assessment. #Proctorio #Edtech #RemoteProctoring #StudentPrivacy #AcademicIntegrity #OnlineTesting #EdtechBacklash #Surveillance #DataPrivacy #ChromeExtension #ReverseEngineering #HigherEd #ProctorU #Honorlock #FERPA #PrivacyLaws #BusinessAndTechnology #FexingoBusiness Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    9 mins
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