Arizona families won big this week. The teachers union and Save Our Schools fell short (again) in their latest attempt to roll back the universal Empowerment Scholarship Account program that helps more than 100,000 students there.

The groups needed 255,949 valid signatures to place their Protect Education Act on the November ballot. They submitted 421,451, but after legal challenges and county reviews, so many proved invalid that the initiative appears to have fallen well short of the minimum number.

School-choice opponents will continue to organize and spend

School-choice opponents will continue to organize and spend

Nearly 70,000 signatures were disqualified. The Arizona Free Enterprise Club noted that the initiative is projected to be more than 10,000 signatures short. That projection rests on the trial court’s ruling and the validity rates reported by Arizona’s county recorders. On Tuesday, theArizona Supreme Court rejected the teachers unions’ appeal and upheld the trial court, confirming the shortfall and keeping the measure off the ballot.

The teachers union group Protect Education Accountability Now admitted defeat the same day, posting on social media: “Today, we acknowledge a difficult reality:........

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