First, Shanghai math teachers arrived in Britain, and now Chinese math textbooks will be published for use in UK classrooms.

An agreement to publish English translations of texts used by Shanghai's primary school math program was signed Tuesday at the London Book Fair between Collins Learning and Shanghai Century Publishing Group. Collins is part of giant Harper Collins Publishing. Collins plans to release Real Shanghai Mathematics, a series of 36 textbooks, starting in September.

Colin Hughes, Collins Learning's managing director, called the signing "a historic moment".