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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

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DC 20549</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>CURRENT
REPORT </B></FONT><B>PURSUANT TO </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
June 11, 2012</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: center; tab-stops: -.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">Education Realty Trust, Inc.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 28%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Maryland</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">001-32417</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">20-1352180</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(State or Other Jurisdiction <BR> of Incorporation)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; text-align: center">(Commission File <BR> Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(IRS Employer<BR> Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 58%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-weight: normal; text-align: center"><B>999&nbsp;South&nbsp;Shady&nbsp;Grove&nbsp;Road,&nbsp;Suite&nbsp;600&nbsp;<BR>
    Memphis,&nbsp;Tennessee</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 27%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">38120</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">901-259-2500</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Registrant&rsquo;s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)</TD></TR>
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box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (<I>see </I>General Instruction A.2. below):</P>

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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</FONT></P>

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material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</FONT></P>

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communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</FONT></P>

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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure. </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">On
behalf of Education Realty Trust, Inc. (&ldquo;EdR&rdquo;), Randall L. Churchey, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Randall
H. Brown, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present an overview of EdR to analysts, stockholders and prospective
stockholders (the &ldquo;NAREIT Investor Presentation&rdquo;) at REITWeek</FONT><SUP>&reg;</SUP><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
2012, NAREIT&rsquo;s Investor Forum, which will be held June 12-14, 2012 at the Hilton New York in New York City (&ldquo;REITWeek&rdquo;).
A copy of the NAREIT Investor Presentation is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated
herein by reference.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In addition, EdR will discuss updated portfolio
pre-leasing statistics for the 2012/2013 academic year in connection with the NAREIT Investor Presentation at REITWeek. A copy
of such information is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">EdR believes that certain statements in
the information attached may constitute &ldquo;forward-looking statements&rdquo; within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These statements are made on the basis of management&rsquo;s views and assumptions regarding future events
and business performance as of the time the statements are made. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied.
Information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements is
contained from time to time in EdR&rsquo;s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In accordance with General Instructions
B.2 and B.6 of Form 8-K, the information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto),
shall not be deemed &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference
into any filing made by EdR under the Exchange Act or Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth
by specific reference in such a filing.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in"><B>Item 9.01. Financial Statements
and Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">(d) <I>Exhibits</I>.
The following exhibits are being furnished herewith to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-weight: bold">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 86%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-weight: bold">Description</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">99.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>NAREIT Investor Presentation</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">99.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>2012/2013 Pre-leasing Statistics </TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify"><B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EDUCATION REALTY TRUST, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; text-align: justify">Date: June 11, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; text-align: justify">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 56%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Randall H. Brown</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Randall H. Brown</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-style: italic">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and&nbsp; Secretary</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 86%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-weight: bold">Description</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">99.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>NAREIT Investor Presentation</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">99.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>2012/2013 Pre-leasing Statistics </TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
June 11, 2012
Education Realty Trust, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Maryland
001-32417
20-1352180
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File
Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
999 South Shady Grove Road, Suite 600
Memphis, Tennessee
38120
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
901-259-2500
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate
box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (
see
General Instruction A.2. below):
o
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On
behalf of Education Realty Trust, Inc. ("EdR"), Randall L. Churchey, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Randall
H. Brown, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present an overview of EdR to analysts, stockholders and prospective
stockholders (the "NAREIT Investor Presentation") at REITWeek
®
2012, NAREIT's Investor Forum, which will be held June 12-14, 2012 at the Hilton New York in New York City ("REITWeek").
A copy of the NAREIT Investor Presentation is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated
herein by reference.
In addition, EdR will discuss updated portfolio
pre-leasing statistics for the 2012/2013 academic year in connection with the NAREIT Investor Presentation at REITWeek. A copy
of such information is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
EdR believes that certain statements in
the information attached may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These statements are made on the basis of management's views and assumptions regarding future events
and business performance as of the time the statements are made. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied.
Information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements is
contained from time to time in EdR's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In accordance with General Instructions
B.2 and B.6 of Form 8-K, the information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto),
shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference
into any filing made by EdR under the Exchange Act or Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth
by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements
and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
.
The following exhibits are being furnished herewith to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
NAREIT Investor Presentation
99.2
2012/2013 Pre-leasing Statistics
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
EDUCATION REALTY TRUST, INC.
Date: June 11, 2012
By:
/s/ Randall H. Brown
Randall H. Brown
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and  Secretary
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
NAREIT Investor Presentation
99.2
2012/2013 Pre-leasing Statistics