Students at a middle school in Georgia’s Cherokee County are gaining a deeper understanding of science than ever before. They are the first in the state to use zSpace, an immersive, virtual reality technology that allows students to learn STEM subjects using 3D, virtual-holographic images that they can move and manipulate. Already installed in one school, the program will expand to one of the district’s high schools for the 2015-16 school year. Last year, nearly 1,000 students at Teasley Middle School, a Title I school (school with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families) completed their first school year using zSpace as a supplement to their science curriculum. “When we moved Teasley to a brand new building last year, it was a great opportunity to i

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