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Segment Information
 6 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company categorizes its businesses into three reportable segments: Children’s Book Publishing and Distribution, Education and International.
 
•Children’s Book Publishing and Distribution operates as an integrated business which includes the publication and distribution of children’s books, ebooks, media and interactive products in the United States through its book clubs and book fairs in its school channels and through the trade channel. This segment is comprised of three operating segments.

•Education includes the publication and distribution to schools and libraries of children’s books, classroom magazines, print and digital supplemental and core classroom materials and related support services, and print and on-line reference and non-fiction products for grades pre-kindergarten to 12 in the United States. This segment is comprised of three operating segments.

•International includes the publication and distribution of products and services outside the United States by the Company’s international operations, and its export and foreign rights businesses. This segment is comprised of three operating segments.

The following table sets forth information for the Company's segments for the fiscal quarters ended November 30, 2020 and November 30, 2019:
 Children’s
Book
Publishing &
Distribution		Education
Overhead (1)
Total
Domestic		InternationalTotal
Three months ended
November 30, 2020		      
Revenues$240.3 $67.5 $— $307.8 $98.4 $406.2 
Bad debt expense(0.1)1.3 — 1.2 0.9 2.1 
Depreciation and amortization (2)
6.6 3.3 11.9 21.8 1.6 23.4 
Segment operating income (loss) 37.7 11.9 (20.0)29.6 19.2 48.8 
Expenditures for other noncurrent assets (3)

9.6 3.2 8.1 20.9 3.1 24.0 
Three months ended
November 30, 2019		      
Revenues$413.6 $69.9 $— $483.5 $113.7 $597.2 
Bad debt expense1.1 0.8 — 1.9 0.8 2.7 
Depreciation and amortization (2)
6.5 3.4 10.9 20.8 1.8 22.6 
Segment operating income (loss)109.6 6.2 (22.4)93.4 11.7 105.1 
Expenditures for other noncurrent assets (3)
14.7 5.0 10.6 30.3 5.8 36.1 
The following table sets forth information for the Company's segments for the fiscal periods ended November 30, 2020 and November 30, 2019:

 Children’s
Book
Publishing &
Distribution		Education
Overhead (1)
Total
Domestic		InternationalTotal
Six months ended
November 30, 2020		      
Revenues$331.2 $121.1 $— $452.3 $169.1 $621.4 
Bad debt expense0.1 1.4 — 1.5 2.0 3.5 
Depreciation and amortization (2)
13.2 6.4 23.4 43.0 3.1 46.1 
Segment operating income (loss) 8.5 9.7 (50.8)(32.6)24.4 (8.2)
Segment assets at November 30, 2020607.1 212.8 957.4 1,777.3 329.6 2,106.9 
Goodwill at November 30, 202047.3 68.2 — 115.5 10.1 125.6 
Expenditures for other noncurrent assets (3)

21.7 6.3 18.9 46.9 6.6 53.5 
Other non-current assets at November 30, 2020 (3)
171.0 123.7 487.2 781.9 86.4 868.3 
Six months ended
November 30, 2019		      
Revenues$523.2 $118.3 $— $641.5 $188.3 $829.8 
Bad debt expense1.6 0.8 — 2.4 1.9 4.3 
Depreciation and amortization (2)
13.2 6.5 21.9 41.6 3.5 45.1 
Segment operating income (loss)67.9 (7.2)(51.0)9.7 8.0 17.7 
Segment assets at November 30, 2019674.6 196.1 846.8 1,717.5 314.2 2,031.7 
Goodwill at November 30, 201947.2 68.2 — 115.4 10.0 125.4 
Expenditures for other noncurrent assets (3)
28.7 9.6 18.2 56.5 12.7 69.2 
Other non-current assets at November 30, 2019 (3)
219.6 122.4 514.3 856.3 98.6 954.9 


(1)    Overhead includes all domestic corporate amounts not allocated to segments, including expenses and costs related to the management of corporate assets. Unallocated assets are principally comprised of deferred income taxes and property, plant and equipment related to the Company’s headquarters in the metropolitan New York area, its fulfillment and distribution facilities located in Missouri, and certain technology assets.
(2)    Includes depreciation of property, plant and equipment and amortization of intangible assets, prepublication costs and cloud computing costs.
(3)    Other noncurrent assets include property, plant and equipment, prepublication assets, cloud computing costs, royalty advances, goodwill, intangible assets and investments. Expenditures for other noncurrent assets for the International segment include expenditures for long-lived assets of $1.5 and $4.2 for the three months ended November 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $3.5 and $9.9 for the six months ended November 30, 2020 and 2019. Other noncurrent assets for the International segment include long-lived assets of $46.6 and $66.8 as of November 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.