Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2013

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

The following table sets forth components of the net periodic benefit costs for the periods indicated under the Company’s cash balance retirement plan for its United States employees meeting certain eligibility requirements (the “U.S. Pension Plan”) and the defined benefit pension plan of Scholastic Ltd., an indirect subsidiary of Scholastic Corporation located in the United Kingdom (the “UK Pension Plan” and, together with the U.S. Pension Plan, the “Pension Plans”). Also included are the post-retirement benefits, consisting of certain healthcare and life insurance benefits, provided by the Company to its eligible retired United States-based employees (the “Post-Retirement Benefits”). The Pension Plans and Post-Retirement Benefits include participants associated with both continuing operations and discontinued operations.

	Pension Plans Three months ended						Post-Retirement Benefits Three months ended
	August 31, 2013			August 31, 2012			August 31, 2013			August 31, 2012
Components of net periodic benefit (credit) cost:
Service cost	$	—		$	—		$	0.0		$	0.0
Interest cost		1.8			1.7			0.3			0.4
Expected return on assets		(3.1	)		(2.6	)		—			—
Net amortization of prior service credit		—			—			(0.0	)		(0.1	)
Amortization of loss		0.4			0.5			0.6			0.9
Net periodic benefit (credit) cost	$	(0.9	)	$	(0.4	)	$	0.9		$	1.2