Training for the Jobless - NYTimes.com Re "Funds to Train Jobless in U.S. Are Drying Up" (front page, April 9) and "A Rockier Pathway to Work" (editorial, April 10): America's city leaders want their cities to thrive. To do so, their residents must have access to quality education and training programs. The evidence is clear: our residents who benefited from Pell and Workforce Investment Act programs were better educated and had better skills than those without access to these programs. Last year, nearly 10 million low-income adults benefited from Pell grants, and 9 million unemployed adults benefited from the investment act. Each program helped put large numbers of Americans back to work in jobs that provided a good wage with benefits. If the cuts proposed by Representative Paul D. Ryan and adopted by the House ever become law, our residents will be unable to obtain the skills they need to enter the 21st-century workplace and get better jobs. TED ELLIS Bluffton, Ind., April 11, 2012 The writer, the mayor of Bluffton, is president, National League of Cities.