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Philadelphia led the way toward privatized schools by, in 2002, placing 42 of its poorest performing public schools under the control of a number of private corporations. The most notable of these was Edison Schools, a for-profit corporation specializing in education management. Edison Schools provides a number of services for schools, all the way down to "complete school solutions," which provide training for faculty and staff, as well as preprepared curriculums. Six years later, though, in June 2008, six of the privatized schools were reclaimed by the state committee which heads Philadelphia's schools. It was shown that Philadelphia students improved, but no more in the schools headed by private corporations than in the public schools which had remained under state control.