Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2011

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	Children’s Book Publishing and Distribution(1)			Educational Technology and Services(1)(2)		Classroom and Supplemental Materials Publishing(1)(2)		Media, Licensing and Advertising(1)			Overhead(1)(3)			Total Domestic			International(1)			Total
Three months ended August 31, 2011
Revenues	$	77.3		$	96.6	$	45.7	$	10.7		$	—		$	230.3		$	87.7		$	318.0
Bad debts		—			0.3		0.4		—			—			0.7			0.7			1.4
Depreciation and amortization(4)		3.7			0.3		0.3		0.1			9.2			13.6			1.5			15.1
Amortization(5)		3.1			5.2		1.4		1.5			—			11.2			0.7			11.9
Royalty advances expensed		5.0			0.2		0.1		0.1			—			5.4			0.8			6.2
Segment operating (loss) income		(49.8	)		38.8		2.1		(5.0	)		(19.2	)		(33.1	)		(0.1	)		(33.2	)
Segment assets at 8/31/11		506.5			185.8		149.8		40.6			396.6			1,279.3			270.2			1,549.5
Goodwill at 8/31/11		54.3			21.9		64.0		5.4			—			145.6			8.6			154.2
Expenditures for long-lived assets, including royalty advances		8.2			5.3		1.3		1.9			5.0			21.7			2.3			24.0
Long-lived assets at 8/31/11		172.5			97.1		79.7		20.2			244.6			614.1			71.0			685.1

Three months ended August 31, 2010
Revenues	$	72.8		$	82.1	$	36.5		$	17.1		$	—		$	208.5		$	81.9		$	290.4
Bad debts		2.0			0.3		(0.3	)		—			—			2.0			0.9			2.9
Depreciation and amortization(4)		3.6			0.3		0.3			0.5			8.4			13.1			1.3			14.4
Amortization(5)		3.3			5.8		0.7			1.7			—			11.5			0.6			12.1
Royalty advances expensed		5.1			0.2		—			0.1			—			5.4			0.6			6.0
Segment operating (loss) income		(51.6	)		30.2		(1.7	)		(2.2	)		(18.8	)		(44.1	)		(2.2	)		(46.3	)
Segment assets at 8/31/10		553.1			204.6		143.5			51.5			384.0			1,336.7			288.2			1,624.9
Goodwill at 8/31/10		54.3			21.0		67.4			5.4			—			148.1			8.5			156.6
Expenditures for long-lived assets, including royalty advances		13.0			6.1		0.8			2.0			5.5			27.4			3.1			30.5
Long-lived assets at 8/31/10		183.8			91.5		76.7			20.1			227.1			599.2			69.7			668.9