Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

The following table sets forth components of the net periodic cost (credit) for the periods indicated under the Company’s cash balance retirement plan for its United States employees meeting certain eligibility requirements (the “U.S. Pension Plan”) and the defined benefit pension plan of Scholastic Ltd., an indirect subsidiary of Scholastic Corporation located in the United Kingdom (the “UK Pension Plan” and, together with the U.S. Pension Plan, the “Pension Plans”). Also included are the post-retirement benefits, consisting of certain healthcare and life insurance benefits provided by the Company to its eligible retired United States-based employees (the “Post-Retirement Benefits”). The Pension Plans and Post-Retirement Benefits include participants associated with both continuing operations and discontinued operations.



	Pension Plan						Post-Retirement Benefits
	Three months ended November 30,						Three months ended November 30,
	2016			2015			2016		2015
Components of net periodic cost (credit):
Service cost	$	—		$	—		$	0.0	$	0.0
Interest cost	1.1			1.6			0.3		0.4
Expected return on assets	(1.8		)	(2.0		)	—		—
Net amortization of prior service credit	—			—			—		(0.0		)
Amortization of (gain) loss	0.5			0.4			0.6		0.8
Net periodic cost (credit)	$	(0.2	)	$	0.0		$	0.9	$	1.2



	Pension Plans						Post-Retirement Benefits
	Six months ended November 30,						Six months ended November 30,
	2016			2015			2016		2015
Components of net periodic cost (credit):
Service cost	$	—		$	—		$	0.0	$	0.0
Interest cost	2.2			3.1			0.6		0.7
Expected return on assets	(3.6		)	(3.9		)	—		—
Net amortization of prior service credit	—			—			—		(0.0)
Amortization of (gain) loss	0.9			0.8			1.2		1.4
Net periodic cost (credit)	$	(0.5	)	$	0.0		$	1.8	$	2.1