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): ~~March~~April 530, 2018

Education Realty Trust, Inc.

Education Realty Operating Partnership, LP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



Maryland	001-32417	20-1352180
Delaware	333-199988-01	20-1352332
(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)

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Item 72.0102. ~~Regulation~~Results FDof ~~Disclosure~~Operations and Financial Condition.

~~Representatives~~On ofApril 30, 2018, Education Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Company") ~~will~~issued bea ~~meeting~~press ~~with~~release ~~investors~~announcing ~~from~~its ~~March~~results ~~5-7,~~of ~~2018~~operations infor ~~Hollywood,~~the ~~Florida~~three atmonths ~~the~~ended ~~Citi~~March 31, 2018 ~~Global~~and ~~Property~~made ~~CEO~~available ~~Conference.~~updated ~~Those~~supplemental ~~discussions~~information ~~will~~concerning ~~focus on~~ the ~~Company’s~~ownership, ~~publicly~~operations ~~disclosed~~and ~~business~~portfolio ~~strategy~~of ~~and~~the ~~operating results~~Company. ~~The~~Copies ~~Investor~~of ~~Presentation~~the ~~that~~press ~~will~~release beand ~~presented~~the ~~during~~supplemental ~~these~~information ~~meetings~~are ~~with~~furnished ~~investors~~as isExhibits ~~furnished~~99.1 ~~herewith~~and as Exhibit 99.12, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

~~The~~This ~~Company~~Current ~~believes~~Report ~~that~~on ~~certain~~Form ~~statements~~8-K inand the ~~information~~exhibits attached ~~may~~hereto ~~constitute~~are ~~“forward-looking~~being ~~statements”~~furnished ~~within~~by the ~~meaning~~Company ofpursuant ~~the~~to ~~Private~~Item ~~Securities~~2.02 ~~Litigation~~and ~~Reform~~Item ~~Act of 1995~~7.01 ~~These statements are made on the basis~~ of ~~management’s~~Form ~~views~~8-K ~~and~~in ~~assumptions~~satisfaction ~~regarding future events and business performance as~~ of the ~~time~~public ~~the~~disclosure ~~statements~~requirements ~~are~~of ~~made.~~Regulation ~~Actual~~FD ~~results~~and ~~may~~Item ~~differ materially from those expressed or implied~~2.02 ~~Information~~of ~~concerning~~Form ~~factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward~~8-~~looking~~K, ~~statements~~insofar isas ~~contained~~they ~~from~~disclose ~~time~~historical toinformation ~~time~~regarding in the Company’s ~~filings~~results ~~with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including under the captions “Risk Factors,” “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis~~ of ~~Financial~~operations ~~Condition~~or ~~and~~financial ~~Results~~condition ~~of Operations” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K~~ for the ~~year~~three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2017~~2018. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and, except as otherwise may be required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements.

In accordance with General Instructions B.2 and B.6 of Form 8-K, the information included in this ~~Item~~Current ~~7.01~~Report on Form 8-K (including ~~Exhibit~~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 the Company 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 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

The disclosure contained in Item 2.02 is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Investor Presentation (March 2018)

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are being furnished herewith to this Current Report on Form 8-K.



Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated April 30, 2018
99.2		First Quarter 2018 Supplemental Financial Report

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: March 5, 2018	By:	/s/ Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
Date: April 30, 2018	By:	/s/ Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
		Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	EDUCATION REALTY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP
Date: March 5, 2018	By: EDUCATION REALTY OP GP, INC., its general partner
Date: April 30, 2018	By: EDUCATION REALTY OP GP, INC., its general partner
		By: /s/ Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
		Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		~~Investor~~Press ~~Presentation~~Release ~~(March~~dated April 30, 2018)
99.2		First Quarter 2018 Supplemental Financial Report

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