This school year, many of the nation's adolescents and teens are sitting in class without the device that can sometimes feel like an added appendage: their smartphones.

An enduring debate surrounds cellphones in schools, but are states right to ban them? Experts tell Newsweek the pros and cons.

With the new school year comes renewed debate over the use of cell phones in the classroom.Among New York parents of school-age children, 77-percent support barring cell phone use in schools during the day,

I have a 12-year-old who just started Junior High in the US (which covers grades 7 and 8), and her school has a phone-free campus policy. My other child is about to turn 9 and will be there soon. Both have expressed wanting a phone,