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Segment Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2026
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of segment reporting information by segment | The following tables present the Company’s revenue, significant expenses, and operating income (loss) by segment for the three fiscal years ended May 31:
| 2026
| Children's Book Publishing and Distribution | Education | Entertainment (1) | International | Overhead (2) | Consolidated
Revenues | $ | 964.2 |  | $ | 267.6 |  | $ | 65.7 |  | $ | 277.2 |  | $ | 7.2 |  | $ | 1,581.9 |
Cost of goods sold (3) | 393.5 |  | 104.1 |  | 37.9 |  | 155.0 |  | (0.7) |  | 689.8 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses (3)(4) | 404.1 |  | 151.8 |  | 26.2 |  | 110.1 |  | 115.0 |  | 807.2 |
Depreciation and amortization | 22.3 |  | 11.5 |  | 12.5 |  | 5.7 |  | 6.8 |  | 58.8 |
Other segment items (5) | 1.4 |  | 4.3 |  | 5.2 |  | — |  | — |  | 10.9 |
Operating income (Loss) | $ | 142.9 |  | $ | (4.1) |  | $ | (16.1) |  | $ | 6.4 |  | $ | (113.9) |  | $ | 15.2 |
Interest income (expense), net |  |  |  |  |  | (11.2) |
Other components of net periodic benefit (cost) |  |  |  |  |  | (1.3) |
Loss on sale of investments |  |  |  |  |  | (17.2) |
Gain on sale and leaseback transactions |  |  |  |  |  | 99.7 |
Earnings (loss) before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 85.2 |
Other segment disclosures: |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment assets | $ | 579.6 |  | $ | 234.1 |  | $ | 246.4 |  | $ | 246.8 |  | $ | 421.2 |  | $ | 1,728.1 |
Long-lived asset additions | 5.4 |  | 0.1 |  | 1.4 |  | 14.9 |  | 13.4 |  | 35.2 |
(1) The Entertainment segment includes the operations of 9 Story Media Group Inc. as acquired on June 20, 2024 ("9 Story"), and Scholastic Entertainment Inc. ("SEI"). (2) Overhead includes all domestic corporate amounts not allocated to segments, including expenses and costs related to the management of corporate assets and rental income related to leased space in the Company's headquarters. As a result of the sale and leaseback transactions completed during the third quarter of fiscal 2026, the Company no longer owns the underlying leasable space. Refer to Note 4, "Sale and Leaseback Transactions", and Note 11, "Leases", for further details. (3) The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the CODM. (4) Selling, general and administrative expenses includes equity in the net income of investees accounted for by the equity method of less than $0.1 within the Entertainment segment and $0.3 within the International segment. (5) Other segment items include asset impairments and write downs.
| 2025
| Children's Book Publishing and Distribution | Education | Entertainment (1) | International | Overhead (2) | Consolidated
Revenues | $ | 963.9 |  | $ | 309.8 |  | $ | 61.0 |  | $ | 279.6 |  | $ | 11.2 |  | $ | 1,625.5 |
Cost of goods sold (3) | 410.2 |  | 122.8 |  | 33.4 |  | 159.3 |  | (6.9) |  | 718.8 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses (3)(4) | 399.7 |  | 169.5 |  | 27.6 |  | 114.2 |  | 111.3 |  | 822.3 |
Depreciation and amortization | 22.7 |  | 10.6 |  | 11.6 |  | 6.0 |  | 14.8 |  | 65.7 |
Other segment items (5) | 0.6 |  | 0.6 |  | 0.5 |  | 1.1 |  | 0.1 |  | 2.9 |
Operating income (Loss) | $ | 130.7 |  | $ | 6.3 |  | $ | (12.1) |  | $ | (1.0) |  | $ | (108.1) |  | $ | 15.8 |
Interest income (expense), net |  |  |  |  |  | (16.0) |
Other components of net periodic benefit (cost) |  |  |  |  |  | (1.1) |
Earnings (loss) before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  | $ | (1.3) |
Other segment disclosures: |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment assets | $ | 604.5 |  | $ | 245.8 |  | $ | 256.6 |  | $ | 269.1 |  | $ | 574.1 |  | $ | 1,950.1 |
Long-lived asset additions | 12.3 |  | 0.9 |  | 0.3 |  | 3.9 |  | 14.7 |  | 32.1 |
(1) The Entertainment segment includes the operations of 9 Story Media Group Inc. as acquired on June 20, 2024 ("9 Story"), and Scholastic Entertainment Inc. ("SEI"). (2) Overhead includes all domestic corporate amounts not allocated to segments, including expenses and costs related to the management of corporate assets and rental income related to leased space in the Company's headquarters. (3) The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the CODM. (4) Selling, general and administrative expenses includes equity in the net income of investees accounted for by the equity method of $0.2 within the Entertainment segment and $0.3 within the International segment. (5) Other segment items include asset impairments and write downs.
| 2024
| Children's Book Publishing and Distribution | Education | Entertainment (1) | International | Overhead (2) | Consolidated
Revenues | $ | 953.3 |  | $ | 351.2 |  | $ | 1.9 |  | $ | 273.6 |  | $ | 9.7 |  | $ | 1,589.7 |
Cost of goods sold (3) | 412.0 |  | 137.6 |  | 0.1 |  | 162.2 |  | (6.8) |  | 705.1 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses (3)(4) | 393.2 |  | 179.0 |  | 12.7 |  | 111.7 |  | 106.4 |  | 803.0 |
Depreciation and amortization | 24.3 |  | 12.7 |  | 0.3 |  | 5.5 |  | 14.3 |  | 57.1 |
Other segment items (5) | 0.5 |  | 6.1 |  | — |  | 1.1 |  | 2.3 |  | 10.0 |
Operating income (Loss) | $ | 123.3 |  | $ | 15.8 |  | $ | (11.2) |  | $ | (6.9) |  | $ | (106.5) |  | $ | 14.5 |
Interest income (expense), net |  |  |  |  |  | 2.7 |
Other components of net periodic benefit (cost) |  |  |  |  |  | (1.0) |
Earnings (loss) before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 16.2 |
Other segment disclosures: |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment assets | $ | 555.7 |  | $ | 242.0 |  | $ | 9.4 |  | $ | 256.0 |  | $ | 608.1 |  | $ | 1,671.2 |
Long-lived asset additions | 18.2 |  | 0.0 |  | — |  | 2.6 |  | 14.9 |  | 35.7 |
(1) The Entertainment segment includes the operations of 9 Story Media Group Inc. as acquired on June 20, 2024 ("9 Story"), and Scholastic Entertainment Inc. ("SEI"). SEI was reported in the Children's Book Publishing and Distribution segment in prior years. The financial results for SEI for fiscal 2024 have been reclassified to Entertainment to reflect this change. (2) Overhead includes all domestic corporate amounts not allocated to segments, including expenses and costs related to the management of corporate assets and rental income related to leased space in the Company's headquarters. (3) The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the CODM. (4) Selling, general and administrative expenses includes equity in the net income of investees accounted for by the equity method of $0.5 within the International segment. (5) Other segment items include asset impairments and write downs.
The following table presents geographic information for revenues for the three fiscal years ended May 31. Revenues are attributed to locations based on the origin of sale.
| 2026 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
United States | $ | 1,206.6 |  |  | $ | 1,243.4 |  |  | $ | 1,265.8 |
International |  | 375.3 |  |  |  | 382.1 |  |  |  | 323.9 |
Total Revenues | $ | 1,581.9 |  |  | $ | 1,625.5 |  |  | $ | 1,589.7 |
The following table presents geographic information for long-lived assets for the three fiscal years ended May 31. Long-lived assets consist of property, plant and equipment, net, excluding capitalized software.
| 2026 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
United States (1) | $ | 102.6 |  |  | $ | 431.7 |  |  | $ | 430.5 |
International |  | 46.6 |  |  |  | 32.8 |  |  |  | 26.8 |
Total Long-lived assets | $ | 149.2 |  |  | $ | 464.5 |  |  | $ | 457.3 |
(1) During fiscal 2026, the Company sold the building and land associated with its headquarters in New York City and its primary distribution facility in Jefferson City, Missouri. Refer to Note 4, "Sale and Leaseback Transactions", for further details.

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