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Segment Information (Details) - Schedule of segment reporting information
$ in Millions
 12 Months Ended
May. 31, 2015
USD ($)
segment
May. 31, 2014
USD ($)
May. 31, 2013
USD ($)
Nov. 30, 2013
USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]        
Number of reportable segments | segment 3      
Revenues $ 1,635.8 $ 1,561.5 $ 1,549.8  
Bad debts 10.6 7.3 5.8  
Depreciation and amortization [1] 78.3 93.2 92.0  
Asset impairments 15.8 28.0 0.0  
Segment operating income (loss) 32.9 10.4 21.1  
Segment assets 1,819.2 1,349.9 1,269.5  
Goodwill 116.3 121.8 135.2  
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances 95.5 342.7 112.6  
Long-lived assets 680.1 708.6 572.6  
Children's Book Publishing and Distribution [Member]        
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]        
Goodwill       $ 66.9
Operating Segments [Member] | Children's Book Publishing and Distribution [Member]        
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]        
Revenues [2] 958.7 893.0 865.2  
Bad debts [2] 5.3 2.6 1.8  
Depreciation and amortization [1],[2] 36.7 36.1 32.8  
Asset impairments [2] 10.2 28.0 0.0  
Segment operating income (loss) [2] 85.6 23.8 27.9  
Segment assets [2] 383.0 390.6 406.8  
Goodwill [2] 40.9 46.3 59.7  
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances [2] 54.4 50.7 54.3  
Long-lived assets [2] 144.6 150.0 177.7  
Operating Segments [Member] | Education [Member]        
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]        
Revenues 275.9 255.1 244.5  
Bad debts 1.9 1.7 1.5  
Depreciation and amortization [1] 11.9 11.0 9.7  
Asset impairments 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Segment operating income (loss) 48.4 38.5 31.2  
Segment assets 173.6 175.1 170.8  
Goodwill 65.4 65.4 65.4  
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances 8.4 10.7 11.8  
Long-lived assets 88.5 90.8 92.8  
Operating Segments [Member] | Overhead [Member]        
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]        
Revenues [2],[3] 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Bad debts [2],[3] 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Depreciation and amortization [1],[2],[3] 21.3 38.9 42.3  
Asset impairments [2],[3] 2.9 0.0 0.0  
Segment operating income (loss) [2],[3] (121.7) (82.3) (77.2)  
Segment assets [2],[3] 1,014.6 527.9 435.0  
Goodwill [2],[3] 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances [2],[3] 11.6 269.6 33.0  
Long-lived assets [2],[3] 378.5 404.2 234.2  
Operating Segments [Member] | Total Domestic [Member]        
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]        
Revenues 1,234.6 1,148.1 1,109.7  
Bad debts 7.2 4.3 3.3  
Depreciation and amortization [1] 69.9 86.0 84.8  
Asset impairments 13.1 28.0 0.0  
Segment operating income (loss) 12.3 (20.0) (18.1)  
Segment assets 1,571.2 1,093.6 1,012.6  
Goodwill 106.3 111.7 125.1  
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances 74.4 331.0 99.1  
Long-lived assets 611.6 645.0 504.7  
Operating Segments [Member] | International [Member]        
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]        
Revenues 401.2 413.4 440.1  
Bad debts 3.4 3.0 2.5  
Depreciation and amortization [1] 8.4 7.2 7.2  
Asset impairments 2.7 0.0 0.0  
Segment operating income (loss) 20.6 30.4 39.2  
Segment assets 248.0 256.3 256.9  
Goodwill 10.0 10.1 10.1  
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances 21.1 11.7 13.5  
Long-lived assets $ 68.5 $ 63.6 $ 67.9  
[1] Includes depreciation of property, plant and equipment and amortization of intangible assets and prepublication costs.
[2] As discussed in Note 2, “Discontinued Operations,” the Company closed or sold several operations during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 and the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015. All of these businesses are classified as discontinued operations in the Company’s financial statements and, as such, are not reflected in this table.
[3] Overhead includes all domestic corporate amounts not allocated to operating segments, including expenses and costs related to the management of corporate assets. Unallocated assets are principally comprised of deferred income taxes and property, plant and equipment related to the Company’s headquarters in the metropolitan New York area, its fulfillment and distribution facilities located in Missouri, its facility located in Connecticut and unabsorbed burden associated with the former educational technology and services business. Overhead also includes amounts previously allocated to the Children’s Book Publishing and Distribution segment for a computer club business that was discontinued in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013.