Dabbling ducks eat plants, seeds, grasses and other small insects and animals that they find on or under the water. Ducks which have broad beaks, (shovelers) sift their food for insects, snails and seeds from the mud.
According to a new report from the National Education Policy Center, which operates out of U Colorado Boulder's School of Education, there were 338 full-time virtual schools operating as part of a public education system in 30 states in the 2012-2013 academic year. That's up from 311 the previous year.
There are both non-profit and for-profit charter schools, and only non-profit charters can receive donations from private sources. The number of American charter schools has grown from 500 in 16 states and the District of Columbia to an estimated 6,400 in 2013-14. Over 600 new public charter schools (7%) opened, serving an additional 288,000 students (13%), totaling 2.5 million students.