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Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale - Narrative (Details) | 3 Months Ended |  |
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Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Nov. 02, 2020 USD ($) | Nov. 02, 2020 BRL (R$) | Sep. 11, 2020 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Loss on Brazil held-for-sale disposal group | $ 57,714,000 | $ 3,768,000 |  |  |
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale | Walden e-Learning, LLC |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Consideration received from dispositions |  |  |  |  | $ 1,480,000,000
Termination fee |  |  |  |  | $ 88,000,000
Brazil | Anima | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale | Rede |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Consideration received from dispositions |  |  | $ 765,000,000 | R$ 4,400,000,000 |
Cash consideration |  |  | 660,700,000 | 3,800,000,000 |
Superior proposal, incremental earn-out |  |  | $ 35,300,000 | R$ 203,000,000 |
Brazil | Anima | Discontinued Operations | Rede |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Loss on Brazil held-for-sale disposal group | $ 32,400,000 |  |  |  |

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