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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW - UNAUDITED (Parenthetical) shares in Millions	Jan. 31, 2019 shares
Learning House [Member] | Warrants [Member] | Common Stock Class A [Member]
Non-cash items associated with acquisition
Warrants to purchase shares, in connection with acquisition (in shares)	0.4

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i)(2))
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