CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 1,141,797	$ 1,045,073	$ 924,137
Provision for losses	468,551	421,600	312,566
Net revenue	673,246	623,473	611,571
Cost of providing services
Salaries and benefits	108,980	106,754	104,103
Occupancy	55,987	53,684	53,568
Office	23,187	26,533	19,703
Other costs of providing services	53,078	51,669	52,469
Advertising	53,398	59,363	46,563
Total cost of providing services	294,630	298,003	276,406
Gross margin	378,616	325,470	335,165
Operating expense
Corporate, district and other expenses	160,103	132,401	137,755
Interest expense	69,763	84,382	82,696
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	90,569	12,458
Loss from equity method investment	6,295	0	0
Total operating expense	236,161	307,352	232,909
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	142,455	18,118	102,256
Provision for income taxes	38,557	1,659	41,647
Net income from continuing operations	103,898	16,459	60,609
Loss from discontinued operations, before income taxes	(39,048)	(38,682)	(10,527)
Income tax (benefit) expense related to disposition	(46,638)	(170)	929
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations	7,590	(38,512)	(11,456)
Net income (loss)	$ 111,488	$ (22,053)	$ 49,153
Basic earnings (loss) per share:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 2.33	$ 0.36	$ 1.58
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.17	(0.84)	(0.30)
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	2.50	(0.48)	1.28
Diluted earnings (loss) per share:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	2.26	0.34	1.54
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.17	(0.80)	(0.29)
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 2.43	$ (0.46)	$ 1.25
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	44,685	45,815	38,351
Diluted (in shares)	45,974	47,965	39,277