The amount by which the fair value exceeds the carrying value

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Multiple of EBIDTA used in fair value calculation

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The amount of impairment losses included in amortization expense.

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Goodwill attributed to a specific reporting unit within a reportable segment

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weighted average remaining useful lives of all amortizable intangible assets.

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The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to an identifiable intangible asset that will be amortized.

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Amount of goodwill arising from a business combination, which is the excess of the cost of the acquired entity over the amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

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The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to liabilities assumed.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase.

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Goodwill and Other Intangibles (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2013	Feb. 28, 2013	Feb. 29, 2012	May 31, 2012	Feb. 08, 2012 Weekly Reader [Member]	Jan. 03, 2012 Learners Publishing [Member]	Feb. 28, 2013 Alternate Valuation Methodology [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired		$ 0.1	$ 5.3		$ 2.0	$ 3.0
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Liabilities Assumed					4.8
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Goodwill Amount					1.4	1.5
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Amortizable Intangible Assets					5.4
Reporting Unit Goodwill	64.0	64.0
Fair value exceeds Carrying value	20.00%	20.00%
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate	16.00%						18.00%
Fair Value Inputs EBITDA	4.5						3.8
Weighted Average Remaining Useful Lives Of All Amortizable Intangible Assets	7 years
Impairment Of Amortization Expense				$ 4.9