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Revenue Recognition, Contracts with Customers, Disaggregation of Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2020	Jan. 31, 2019	Jan. 31, 2020	Jan. 31, 2019
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 467,131	$ 449,367	$ 1,356,866	$ 1,308,890
Operating Segments [Member] | Research Publishing & Platforms [Member]
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract]
Revenue	233,556	227,037	697,640	681,429
Operating Segments [Member] | Research Publishing & Platforms [Member] | Research Publishing [Member]
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract]
Revenue	223,393	217,973	668,405	654,397
Operating Segments [Member] | Research Publishing & Platforms [Member] | Research Platforms [Member]
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract]
Revenue	10,163	9,064	29,235	27,032
Operating Segments [Member] | Academic and Professional Learning [Member]
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract]
Revenue	178,278	176,123	500,861	522,217
Operating Segments [Member] | Academic and Professional Learning [Member] | Education Publishing [Member]
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract]
Revenue	100,982	95,562	268,246	277,070
Operating Segments [Member] | Academic and Professional Learning [Member] | Professional Learning [Member]
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract]
Revenue	77,296	80,561	232,615	245,147
Operating Segments [Member] | Education Services [Member]
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract]
Revenue	55,297	46,207	158,365	105,244
Operating Segments [Member] | Education Services [Member] | Education Services [Member]
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract]
Revenue	50,776	46,207	153,844	105,244
Operating Segments [Member] | Education Services [Member] | mthree [Member]
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 4,521	$ 0	$ 4,521	$ 0

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Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
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