Jobs, training don't mesh in W.Va., study shows

A national study confirms what a state report already indicated:West Virginia is not adequately training its workers for the jobsthat are available.

The Progressive Policy Institute, a think tank in Washington,ranked West Virginia 48th overall and 50th in work force educationbased on how it has reacted to the new economy.

"The new economy is fundamentally at its core about knowledgejobs," said Rob Atkinson, co-author of the institute's 45-pagereport.

The institute measured 17 indicators in five categories -knowledge jobs, globalization, economic dynamism and competition, thetransformation to a digital economy and technological innovationcapacity - taken from …