Chinese teaching to buoy half of England's primaries

British education officials expect the benefits of the Shanghai Mastery Model for Teaching and Learning math to reach about half the primary schools in England as a result of an exchange program now well underway.

In the third round of a program that started over two years ago, some 30 math teachers from Shanghai ended their two-week stint in the United Kingdom, in which they shared their Chinese-style teaching method in 35 primary schools.

In July, the UK government rolled out the Chinese mastery approach to math instruction in more than 8,000 institutions, using funding of up to 41 million pounds ($51.6 million) over four years to improve British students' performance.