The Summer Poetry Institute for Educators, from July 9 to 13, will train elementary, middle, and high school teachers and administrators in Massachusetts to incorporate poetry into classroom activities. The institute stems from Pinsky's Favorite Poem Project, a nationwide poetry initiative that he created as poet laureate. The summer institute is the next step. The seminars offered at the institute will become models for revitalizing the teaching of poetry in classrooms all over the country. The summer institute is funded by BU and the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities.
Teams qualify for the tournament through regional competitions.
Their prize was an unopened box of New Kids on the Block trading cards.