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Segment Information (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2015
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment |
| Children’s Book Publishing & Distribution (1) |  | Education (1) |  | Overhead (1) (2) |  | Total Domestic |  | International (1) |  | Total
Three months ended November 30, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ | 414.0 |  |  | $ | 72.1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 486.1 |  |  | $ | 115.7 |  |  | $ | 601.8 |
Bad debt expense | 2.1 |  |  | 1.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 3.3 |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | 4.3 |
Depreciation and amortization (3) | 7.8 |  |  | 2.8 |  |  | 4.9 |  |  | 15.5 |  |  | 2.1 |  |  | 17.6 |
Asset impairments | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Segment operating income (loss) | 108.9 |  |  | 11.9 |  |  | (27.2 | ) |  | 93.6 |  |  | 11.5 |  |  | 105.1 |
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances | 10.8 |  |  | 1.5 |  |  | 3.5 |  |  | 15.8 |  |  | 6.2 |  |  | 22.0 |
Three months ended November 30, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ | 408.6 |  |  | $ | 69.9 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 478.5 |  |  | $ | 132.6 |  |  | $ | 611.1 |
Bad debt expense | 2.2 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | — |  |  | 2.9 |  |  | 1.3 |  |  | 4.2 |
Depreciation and amortization (3) | 9.9 |  |  | 3.1 |  |  | 5.5 |  |  | 18.5 |  |  | 2.2 |  |  | 20.7 |
Asset impairments | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2.9 |  |  | 2.9 |  |  | — |  |  | 2.9 |
Segment operating income (loss) | 108.9 |  |  | 11.6 |  |  | (29.4 | ) |  | 91.1 |  |  | 19.8 |  |  | 110.9 |
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances | 11.2 |  |  | 1.6 |  |  | 3.0 |  |  | 15.8 |  |  | 3.6 |  |  | 19.4 |
| Children’s Book Publishing & Distribution (1) |  | Education (1) |  | Overhead (1) (2) |  | Total Domestic |  | International (1) |  | Total
Six months ended November 30, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ | 482.1 |  |  | $ | 122.1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 604.2 |  |  | $ | 188.8 |  |  | $ | 793.0 |
Bad debt expense | 2.5 |  |  | 1.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 3.7 |  |  | 2.1 |  |  | 5.8 |
Depreciation and amortization (3) | 15.5 |  |  | 5.6 |  |  | 9.7 |  |  | 30.8 |  |  | 4.1 |  |  | 34.9 |
Asset impairments | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Segment operating income (loss) | 51.4 |  |  | 9.1 |  |  | (43.7 | ) |  | 16.8 |  |  | 8.8 |  |  | 25.6 |
Segment assets at November 30, 2015 | 514.4 |  |  | 158.7 |  |  | 878.0 |  |  | 1,551.1 |  |  | 271.5 |  |  | 1,822.6 |
Goodwill at November 30, 2015 | 40.9 |  |  | 65.4 |  |  | — |  |  | 106.3 |  |  | 9.9 |  |  | 116.2 |
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances | 20.8 |  |  | 3.0 |  |  | 8.2 |  |  | 32.0 |  |  | 8.2 |  |  | 40.2 |
Long-lived assets at November 30, 2015 | 148.0 |  |  | 84.9 |  |  | 378.5 |  |  | 611.4 |  |  | 69.7 |  |  | 681.1 |
Six months ended November 30, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ | 467.6 |  |  | $ | 116.7 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 584.3 |  |  | $ | 217.3 |  |  | $ | 801.6 |
Bad debt expense | 2.7 |  |  | 0.9 |  |  | — |  |  | 3.6 |  |  | 2.5 |  |  | 6.1 |
Depreciation and amortization (3) | 19.2 |  |  | 6.0 |  |  | 11.2 |  |  | 36.4 |  |  | 4.6 |  |  | 41.0 |
Asset impairments | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2.9 |  |  | 2.9 |  |  | — |  |  | 2.9 |
Segment operating income (loss) | 48.1 |  |  | 9.0 |  |  | (49.8 | ) |  | 7.3 |  |  | 16.8 |  |  | 24.1 |
Segment assets at November 30, 2014 | 513.2 |  |  | 160.3 |  |  | 520.6 |  |  | 1,194.1 |  |  | 280.6 |  |  | 1,474.7 |
Goodwill at November 30, 2014 | 46.3 |  |  | 65.4 |  |  | — |  |  | 111.7 |  |  | 10.1 |  |  | 121.8 |
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances | 28.8 |  |  | 3.3 |  |  | 3.9 |  |  | 36.0 |  |  | 6.7 |  |  | 42.7 |
Long-lived assets at November 30, 2014 | 158.6 |  |  | 89.6 |  |  | 380.9 |  |  | 629.1 |  |  | 65.2 |  |  | 694.3 |
(1) | As indicated in Note 2, “Discontinued Operations,” the Company closed or sold several operations during 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.
(2) | Overhead includes all domestic corporate amounts not allocated to 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 and its facility located in Connecticut.
(3) | Includes depreciation of property, plant and equipment and amortization of intangible assets and prepublication and production costs.

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