all-out assault to fix it. this is sort of ground zero for the education crisis in this country, isn't it? >> no doubt about it. >> reporter: some call robert bobb a villain, others a hero. his task, to fix the nation's most broken school system. >> if the school system does not succeed, the city of detroit will not succeed. >> good morning. >> reporter: in 2009 bobb was brought in by michigan's governor to overhaul a system replete with waste, fraud and abuse, assuming the role of emergency financial manager of detroit schools. he's dead set on rooting out waste and corruption while boosting the graduation rate from 57% to 98% in just five years. he's shrinking the school system as more and more families move out of detroit. you've closed 59 schools, more than a quarter of detroit's public schools, and that has angered parents and teachers. >> we're going to anger more