Etymology

open the schools

Today it means: Expressing that someone is wrong or misinformed, especially where something should be widely understood (e.g. learned in school) but is not. Full definition →

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The story

Originally referred to the COVID-19 lockdowns and their negative effect on education. Popularized widely by a Twitter post by then-US president Donald Trump, use as internet slang remaining after the end of lockdowns.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.