compete with online retailers or other stores on the high streets."

It hasn't been the best year for WHSmith as in July it was named the UK's worst high street shop, with customers complaining it's expensive, out-of-date with rude staff.

It's the latest retailer to be affected by the struggles plaguing the high street, with French Connection announcing this week that it could be up for sale.

Meanwhile Debenhams is trying to beat the pressures on high street stores by opening a new flagship shop containing a gin bar – after announcing plans to close 10.

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Our nation’s graduation rate is at an all-time high. The national figure shows 84 percent of young people, overall, graduating from high school within four years after first entering the 9th grade, a trend that has been on a consistent upswing since the 2010-2011 school year.

Still, despite much progress with that indicator, major gaps still exist. And there is great concern that the graduation rate hype not only masks those gaps, but distracts us from what must be our ultimate goal: ensuring all students earn a high school diploma and are college and career ready.

Even as overall graduation rates improve, Black and Hispanic students continue to lag behind that curve. Graduation rates for African American students are 76.4