As the Kershaw County School District district in central South Carolina looked to upgrade its antiquated computer hardware, then-superintendent Herbert Berg presented one-to-one as a solution. And thus the iCan Project began.

After determining it would need $8 million to fund the program for its three high schools, the district worked on finding ways to somehow make this a possibility. "We didn't have $2 million a year to put into technology," says Agnes Slayman, an assistant superintendent. But by standardizing their resources, school officials found they could save considerable money already allocated. The 20 schools in the district were operating independently in many ways. Because school administrators were able to save enough by unifying the district's technology usage and tapping into state funds, they were able to get close to their goal.

To learn about the other sources of funding and the implementation issues that arose when the program was launched, read the entire story at techlearning.com.