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  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="ghc_WashingtonPostNewspaperMember" name="WashingtonPostNewspaperMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="ghc_WeightedAverageNumberOfPotentiallyDilutiveSharesOutstanding" name="WeightedAverageNumberOfPotentiallyDilutiveSharesOutstanding" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:sharesItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="ghc_WirelessLicensesMember" name="WirelessLicensesMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="ghc_YearlyOperatingResultsAfterReclassifyingCertainOperationsAsDiscontinuedOpsTableTextBlock" name="YearlyOperatingResultsAfterReclassifyingCertainOperationsAsDiscontinuedOpsTableTextBlock" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:textBlockItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
</xsd:schema>
