The governor hopes to launch the program for 20,000 students by the next school year, a tight deadline for the state to meet.

The Tennessee Department of Education said Thursday it was still working to implement the statewide voucher program. It said it still needs to partner with the state's board of education to promulgate ...

For Wright, it's a chance to see whether vouchers actually work for children. "This is a study," Wright said. "It's a small sample, but it'll help us to study what will take place in Tennessee.

A bill that would give certain South Carolina families public dollars to send their kids to private schools is back up for debate at the State House.