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Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 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⁾			Media, Licensing and Advertising⁽¹⁾		Overhead⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾			Total Domestic		International⁽¹⁾		Total

Three months ended November 30, 2011

Revenues	$	388.6	$	65.4		$	58.7		$	28.5	$	—		$	541.2	$	144.1	$	685.3
Bad debt expense		1.6		0.4			0.5			—		—			2.5		0.8		3.3
Depreciation and amortization⁽⁴⁾		3.8		0.4			0.2			0.3		9.4			14.1		1.4		15.5
Amortization⁽⁵⁾		3.1		5.1			1.7			2.1		—			12.0		0.5		12.5
Loss on leases		—		—			—			—		6.2			6.2		—		6.2
Royalty advances expensed		2.7		—			(0.1	)		—		—			2.6		0.5		3.1
Segment operating income (loss)		108.6		14.6			10.3			2.6		(22.7	)		113.4		26.6		140.0
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances		12.9		6.0			3.1			2.1		7.6			31.7		1.6		33.3


Three months ended November 30, 2010

Revenues	$	387.3	$	49.1		$	52.5		$	33.1	$	—		$	522.0	$	145.9	$	667.9
Bad debt expense		2.3		0.2			(0.2	)		0.1		—			2.4		0.6		3.0
Depreciation and amortization⁽⁴⁾		3.9		0.5			0.3			—		8.5			13.2		1.3		14.5
Amortization⁽⁵⁾		3.0		5.5			1.5			1.6		—			11.6		0.8		12.4
Loss on leases		—		—			—			—		—			—		—		—
Royalty advances expensed		3.2		(0.1	)		0.3			0.1		—			3.5		0.8		4.3
Segment operating income (loss)		97.3		3.4			7.6			5.2		(9.7	)		103.8		25.3		129.1
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances		7.9		13.9			1.7			2.2		31.4			57.1		4.0		61.1


	Children’s Book Publishing and Distribution⁽¹⁾		Educational Technology and Services⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾		Classroom and Supplemental Materials Publishing⁽¹⁾			Media, Licensing and Advertising⁽¹⁾			Overhead⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾			Total Domestic		International⁽¹⁾		Total

Six months ended November 30, 2011

Revenues	$	465.9	$	162.0	$	104.4		$	39.2		$	—		$	771.5	$	231.8	$	1,003.3
Bad debt expense		1.6		0.7		0.9			—			—			3.2		1.5		4.7
Depreciation and amortization⁽⁴⁾		7.5		0.7		0.5			0.4			18.6			27.7		2.9		30.6
Amortization⁽⁵⁾		6.2		10.3		3.1			3.6			—			23.2		1.2		24.4
Loss on leases		—		—		—			—			6.2			6.2		—		6.2
Royalty advances expensed		7.7		0.2		—			0.1			—			8.0		1.3		9.3
Segment operating income (loss)		58.8		53.4		12.4			(2.4	)		(41.9	)		80.3		26.5		106.8
Segment assets (at 11/30/11)		541.4		157.6		158.8			44.2			419.5			1,321.5		280.1		1,601.6
Goodwill (at 11/30/11)		54.3		22.7		64.0			5.4			—			146.4		8.7		155.1
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances		21.1		11.3		4.4			4.0			12.6			53.4		3.9		57.3
Long-lived assets (at 11/30/11)		175.6		98.6		81.0			20.2			242.4			617.8		69.9		687.7


Six months ended November 30, 2010

Revenues	$	460.2	$	131.2	$	89.0		$	50.1		$	—		$	730.5	$	227.8	$	958.3
Bad debt expense		4.3		0.5		(0.5	)		0.1			—			4.4		1.5		5.9
Depreciation and amortization⁽⁴⁾		7.5		0.8		0.6			0.5			16.9			26.3		2.6		28.9
Amortization⁽⁵⁾		6.3		11.3		2.2			3.3			—			23.1		1.4		24.5
Loss on leases		—		—		—			—			—			—		—		—
Royalty advances expensed		8.3		0.1		0.3			0.2			—			8.9		1.4		10.3
Segment operating income (loss)		45.7		33.6		5.9			3.0			(28.5	)		59.7		23.1		82.8
Segment assets (at 11/30/10)		540.0		150.7		153.8			48.2			375.5			1,268.2		298.0		1,566.2
Goodwill (at 11/30/10)		54.3		27.9		67.4			5.4			—			155.0		8.7		163.7
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances		20.9		20.0		2.5			4.2			36.9			84.5		7.1		91.6
Long-lived assets (at 11/30/10)		182.4		95.2		80.4			19.8			249.9			627.7		73.0		700.7

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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