Guy Ciarrocchi

Guy Ciarrocchi

Senior Fellow

Guy Ciarrocchi is a Senior Fellow with the Commonwealth Foundation.

Guy is a columnist for Broad+Liberty and RealClearPA, where he focuses on the politics of the suburbs. He is a frequent radio guest across Pennsylvania and in greater-Philadelphia with Chris Stigall, Rich Zeoli, Dom Giordano, and Dawn Stensland—and has been interviewed by, or written for, numerous national publications as well as television news programs and podcasts.

In 2022, Guy was the Republican nominee for the U.S. Congress in PA-6; falling short, but leading the ticket.

From 2014 to 2021, Guy served as the CEO of the Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry. He was a leader of the 2021 #VoteYES campaign—which regained our liberties by amending the Pennsylvania Constitution.

Guy, a graduate of Villanova Law School, has served as the chief of staff to former Lieutenant Governor Jim Cawley, former U.S. Representative Jim Gerlach, and former state Senator Melissa Hart. And the White House in 2005 appointed Guy to serve as the Regional Director of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development. Guy previously served as the Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania as a prosecutor specializing in appellate advocacy.

He is on the board of the Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools(PCPCS) and previously served on the board of the REACH Alliance.

Since 2000, Guy has coached Softball. Guy and his wife, Chris, have three children and two rescue dogs and live in Paoli, Tredyffrin Township Chester County, where Guy served as an elected Township Supervisor.

Education

Education Tax Credits work.

  • Guy Ciarrocchi
  • September 25, 2024

Originally published at Broad + Liberty Students are learning. Parents are grateful. Donors are seeing the benefits. And Pennsylvania taxpayers are saving money today — and tomorrow. (Over $1…

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Education

Parents and children versus politicians and teachers unions

  • Guy Ciarrocchi
  • May 9, 2024

Originally published at Broad + Liberty Who is more important: children or the teachers union? Like college students cramming for finals, Harrisburg politicians are supposed to pass a budget…

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Education

Lies, damn lies, and two weeks to flatten the curve

  • Guy Ciarrocchi
  • March 12, 2024

Originally published at Broad + Liberty March 13: the fourth anniversary of Pennsylvania’s “two weeks to flatten the curve.” Governor Tom Wolf issued his first executive order, closing all…

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Education

How Gov. Shapiro Can Help ‘Every Child of God’

  • Guy Ciarrocchi
  • February 2, 2024

Originally published at RealClearPennsylvania “I believe every child of God deserves a shot here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” Gov. Josh Shapiro said last year, “and one of the…

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Education

Test Scores Say Students Are Failing, but We Are Failing Them

  • Guy Ciarrocchi
  • June 28, 2023

Originally published at National Review It’s report-card time for students — and for the nation. Bottom line: Education scores are down, gone from low to even lower. The National Assessment…

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Education

Battling for an Educational Lifeline

  • Guy Ciarrocchi
  • June 16, 2023

Originally published in the Reading Eagle Shyanne, a happy seventh-grader at the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, lives in Schuylkill County and loves to learn. But her educational journey was…

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Education

School Choice Report, Episode 6

  • Guy Ciarrocchi
  • June 13, 2023

In our latest episode of School Choice Podcast, guest host Guy Ciarrocchi interviews former United States Senator and Democratic nominee for Vice President Joe Lieberman. The Honorable Sen. Lieberman is…

Podcast

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