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Revenue Recognition, Contracts with Customers (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2021
Revenue Recognition, Contracts with Customers [Abstract] |
Revenue from Contracts With Customers Disaggregated by Segment and Product Type | The following table presents our revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type.
|  | Three Months Ended January 31, |  |  | Nine Months Ended January 31, |
|  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Research Publishing & Platforms: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Research Publishing |  | $ | 229,327 |  |  | $ | 223,393 |  |  | $ | 700,482 |  |  | $ | 668,405 |
Research Platforms |  |  | 10,523 |  |  |  | 10,163 |  |  |  | 31,512 |  |  |  | 29,235 |
Total Research Publishing & Platforms |  |  | 239,850 |  |  |  | 233,556 |  |  |  | 731,994 |  |  |  | 697,640 |
Academic & Professional Learning: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Education Publishing |  |  | 98,160 |  |  |  | 100,982 |  |  |  | 265,349 |  |  |  | 268,246 |
Professional Learning |  |  | 75,955 |  |  |  | 77,296 |  |  |  | 206,269 |  |  |  | 232,615 |
Total Academic & Professional Learning |  |  | 174,115 |  |  |  | 178,278 |  |  |  | 471,618 |  |  |  | 500,861 |
Education Services: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Education Services OPM (1) |  |  | 56,725 |  |  |  | 50,263 |  |  |  | 163,248 |  |  |  | 151,200 |
mthree (1) |  |  | 12,222 |  |  |  | 5,034 |  |  |  | 38,389 |  |  |  | 7,165 |
Total Education Services |  |  | 68,947 |  |  |  | 55,297 |  |  |  | 201,637 |  |  |  | 158,365 |
Total Revenue |  | $ | 482,912 |  |  | $ | 467,131 |  |  | $ | 1,405,249 |  |  | $ | 1,356,866 |
(1) | In May 2020, we moved the IT bootcamp business acquired as part of The Learning House acquisition from Education Services Online Program Management (“OPM”) to mthree. As a result, the prior period revenue related to the IT bootcamp business has been included in mthree. There were no changes to our total Education Services or our consolidated financial results.
Receivables and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers | The following table provides information about accounts receivable, net and contract liabilities from contracts with customers.
|  | January 31, 2021 |  |  | April 30, 2020 |  |  | Increase/ (Decrease) |
Balances from contracts with customers: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable, net |  | $ | 278,939 |  |  | $ | 309,384 |  |  | $ | (30,445 | )
Contract liabilities (1) |  |  | 398,477 |  |  |  | 520,214 |  |  |  | (121,737 | )
Contract liabilities (included in Other Long-Term Liabilities) |  | $ | 18,145 |  |  | $ | 14,949 |  |  | $ | 3,196 |
(1) | The sales return reserve recorded in Contract Liabilities is $43.4 million and $32.8 million, as of January 31, 2021 and April 30, 2020, respectively. This increase was primarily driven by the negative impact of COVID-19 and the expected increase in print book returns.

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