Aspiration Academy founder Bob Barnes discusses how the Brevard school system overall compares to Florida and how bad the reading rates are for the Black and brown community on the Space Coast - and that it's not a new issue.

Aspiration Academy founder Bob Barnes discusses how the Brevard school system overall compares to Florida and how bad the reading rates are for the Black and brown community on the Space Coast - and that it's not a new issue.

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Bob Barnes: Low reading rates are a consistent problem

Here the 911 recordings from the December 2025 incident where a small plane made an emergency landing on top of a car driving southbound on Interstate 95 near Cocoa, Florida.

Here the 911 recordings from the December 2025 incident where a small plane made an emergency landing on top of a car driving southbound on Interstate 95 near Cocoa, Florida.

9-1-1 call: Small plane lands on top of car on I-95 in Florida

In the hours after the shooting, Ikner's quote from three months ago traveled the globe in media reports. Here’s the full interview.

In the hours after the shooting, Ikner's quote from three months ago traveled the globe in media reports. Here&rsquo;s the full interview.

Three months before the FSU shooting, a reporter interviewed alleged gunman Phoenix Ikner

Florida Tech grad students are building a manatee robot that will act and look like a manatee, so biologists can get up close and study them without spooking them. One of the main goals is to learn manatee language: what their various squeaks, clicks and clucks - as can be heard here - mean. Audio provided by the Save the Manatee Club

Florida Tech grad students are building a manatee robot that will act and look like a manatee, so biologists can get up close and study them without spooking them. One of the main goals is to learn manatee language: what their various squeaks, clicks and clucks - as can be heard here - mean. Audio provided by the Save the Manatee Club

Bob Barnes: Low reading rates are a consistent problem

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