And while buses have changed a lot on the inside—those side-facing benches became front-facing, for one thing—the exterior of the American school bus has remained much the same since 1939.

From movies to TV shows, the yellow school bus has become a symbol of American education and childhood. While the color of a school bus is the first thing that jumps out at us and causes many to ...

In 1939, Cyr attended a conference at the Teachers College of Columbia University with the aim of delegates agreeing on those standards for an American school bus. There, he hung 50 different ...