Our View: Dropout declines are good news

Early indications are that programs aimed at increasing the number of Montana students who graduate from high school are succeeding.

While it may be too early to start doing cartwheels, Hi-Line schools are doing better at seeing students get diplomas.

Kudos to North Star High School, where there was a 100 percent graduation rate last year.

Other schools, including tribal schools that have had difficulty convincing students to stay until they get a degree, are doing better, also.

Lots of things enter the equation when students decide whether or not they stay in school.

Usually, those who drop o...