[1][5] Schools were reluctant to adopt the Commodore 64 "breadbox" design due to theft or vandalism of the smaller, more exposed components.

The internals of the Educator 64 were refurbished Commodore 64 motherboards and monochromatic green monitors.

[2][3] The area above the keyboard contained a quick reference card for BASIC 2.0 and Commodore DOS commands.

The only differences between the Educator 64 and the other 64 models were the graphics capabilities, the built-in speaker, the sound amplifier with volume control, the 3.5 mm mini-jack for mono sound output to headphones, the internal power supply, and the keyboard which is missing the color abbreviations imprinted on the front edge of the number keys.

The Educator 64 retained the ability to display shades of green, while the PET 64 and 4064 were monochrome-only.