The factory that combines school and work to give El Salvador a brighter future

At a garment factory that makes T-shirts bearing the logos of American universities, about a fifth of the workers at high-school dropouts. But if they want to keep their jobs, they'll need...

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WILLIAM BRANGHAM: But first: combining school and work to build a brighter future for employeesand their communities.In his final report from El Salvador, Fred de Sam Lazaro visits a garment factory thathires workers who are normally left out of society, including ex-gang members.It's part of Fred's series Agents for Change.FRED DE SAM LAZARO: Fifty thousand T-shirts and sweatshirts buzz through the sewing machinesin this factory every week, bearing the seals and mascots of some 1,600 U.S. universities,Princeton, Michigan, Kenyon College, each one, it seems, a reminder to general managerRodrigo Bolanos of what El Salvador desperately needs.RODRIGO BOLANOS, General Manager: Now, only if you have an educated population, you cando something for this country....
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