From Apple’s “The Power To Be Your Best” ad campaign that began in the 1980s, and uploaded to YouTube by VectronicsAppleWorld, this again points towards Apple’s connection of the Apple II series with schools. Whether or not having a computer at home helped promote better student focus on homework was questionable then as it is now (those computers are just too much fun for other things!).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6U2FEJeSdQ