On October 21, 2009, Education Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its results of operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 and made available supplemental information concerning the ownership, operations and portfolio of the Company as of September 30, 2009. A copy of the press release and a copy of this supplemental information are furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

This Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibits attached hereto are being furnished by the Company pursuant to Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 of Form 8-K in satisfaction of the public disclosure requirements of Regulation FD and Item 2.02 of Form 8-K, insofar as they disclose historical information regarding the Company's results of operations or financial condition for the three months ended September 30, 2009.

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 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.

(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 October 21, 2009
      99.2        Third Quarter 2009 Supplemental Financial Report