This document contains all of the articles from an "Education Week" special report examining technology's role in bringing schools and homes closer together. Articles include: (1) "Homeward Bound" (Peter West), about one of the nation's first "virtual teachers" and the effect of the changing dynamics of the telecommunications industry on electronic classrooms; (2) "Nerve Center" (Peter West), which details the successes and drawbacks of the Indian River Education Network (IRENE), an electronic bulletin board that allows a Florida community to gain access to school-related schedules, meeting minutes, and other information; (3) "Computer Geeks" (Peter West), outlining the increasing prevalence of computers and electronic information in the classroom; (4) "Home on the Web" (Peter West), about parent teacher association home pages on the world wide web and other ways of using the Internet to enhance communication between the school and the home; (5) "Home Improvement" (Megan Drennan), about a project whereby Bell Atlantic gave 135 inner-city seventh-graders at Christopher Columbus Middle School (Union City, New Jersey) their own home computers in order to gauge the effects of easy computer access on motivation, academic performance, and family awareness of school activities; (6) "Making It Work" (Peter West), about an entire precollegiate curriculum available online worldwide; and (7) "Equitable Pursuits" (Peter West), about a project which provides the disadvantaged with electronic links to community services and economic opportunities. (BEW)