The document outlines the LeapFrog Principles and their goal of helping individuals and societies better prepare for an unpredictable future through developing liberal skills, new knowledge, innovative application of skills and knowledge, and teaming. It proposes establishing LeapFrog Institutes as networked organizations that connect people, workplaces and communities through new technologies to develop parallel schools and help children and youth contribute to innovation in their communities and workforces.

1. Arthur Harkins John Moravec University of Minnesota College of Education + Human Development The LeapFrog Principles and Outcomes

2. Challenge: Living, learning and working in unpredictable futures

3. Opportunity: Living, learning and working in creatable futures

4. LeapFrogging : Bringing preferred futures into a welcoming present

5. What are the LeapFrog Principles?

6. Leadership instead of catching up

7. Developing the liberal skills

8. Developing new knowledge

9. Innovatively applying liberal skills and knowledge

10. Catching up with the workforce Teaming

11. Catching up with the workforce Teaming Leading

12. Creative children and youth contributing to communities & workforces

13. Bonding children, youth and adults

14. Developing an innovation society

15. Creating global collaborations

16. Leading a creative global economy

17. Do it now via LeapFrog Institutes

18. Don’t spend new money

19. Let people vote with their visions

20. Visions past or visions future? Let individuals and families choose

21. Acknowledging the pluralism of present reality

22. Using new technologies ubiquitously, creatively…

23. … and purposefully

24. Networked LeapFrog Institutes

25. Developing parallel schools

26. Connecting persons, families, work places and communities

27. Connecting hardware, software, netware, and mindware

28. Using volunteers

29. Why compete with traditional education?

30. Teaching kids to think

31. Helping kids teach adults how to innovate

32. … and how to think

33. Getting a head start on everyone ― including ourselves!

34. Helping create the 21 st Century 22 nd

35. Now.

36. Do it here, in Minnesota

37. Let children and youth help to create a 2nd Minnesota Miracle