Since 1997 the Discovering Democracy program has provided an extensive array of resources to schools to support Civics and Citizenship Education. How do we encourage schools to integrate this material and these approaches into their teaching and learning program? How do we ensure that Civics and Citizenship Education is ‘embedded’ in what schools do? This challenge is about changing school and classroom practices, but the challenge can often also be about changing school cultures. In Victoria, a teacher professional development program around Civics and Citizenship Education had several aspects. In one of these, over 200 schools were provided (in three rounds between 2001 and 2003) with small grants and other support, to implement the program. There were small schools, large schools, schools working individually and in clusters, schools in metropolitan and rural areas, and schools within the Government, Catholic and Independent sectors. The intention of the Grants to Schools program was the provision of centralised and school-based professional development for teachers, with a view to sustaining developments in Civics and Citizenship Education. The initiating individual or team of teachers within each school was seen as a focus for school action; they were supported in learning about the resources available, challenged to think of themselves as ‘agents of change’, and asked to conduct wider professional development for colleagues. This book is published with the express intention of encouraging ongoing dialogue between the readers and the narrators. We know there are many more stories about Civics and Citizenship Education in schools throughout the state, and encourage continued sharing of resources and approaches through journals of practice, school websites, and professional development opportunities. [ISBN 07594 0391 0]