{
  "id": 8018349,
  "title": "A screen-free school sounds wholesome, but for some children it is a locked door",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/a-screen-free-school-sounds-wholesome-but-for-some-children-it-is-a",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T11:36:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/ios/opinion/2026-09-17-a-screen-free-school-sounds-wholesome-but-for-some-children-it-is-a-locked-door/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "There is a child in almost every school in this country who cannot get through a printed page, but who reads perfectly well on a screen. Change the font, adjust the contrast, let the device read the words aloud, and text stops being a wall.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}