The SecondStreet.org poll, conducted by Leger, found 55 per cent of respondents felt students shouldn't be allowed to use them, while 36 per cent said they shouldn't be allowed, unless directed to do so by their teachers. Do you think students should be allowed to use phones in school? In this case, we are only asking for personal reasons and not school reasons.

Alberta recently already completed its own cellphone survey and is reviewing. "Cellphones can be used as research and learning tools, to stay up to date on practice or club schedules, and to keep in touch with family in case of emergency," said the province's website. "But cellphones can also be a distraction within an educational environment and can sometimes be used inappropriately within a classroom or school." Which do you think is more important for students?

"Recently, Ontario's provincial government announced a policy that combines both approaches – for students in Grade 6 and below, phones will be completely banned, while they will be allowed with a teacher's permission for Grade 7 and above," officials said. Do you think students under the age of Grade 6 (12 and under) should have a cell phone?