Though Grease, Rebel Without a Cause, and The Outsiders may have painted 1950s school life as all bikes, slick hair, heading to class 70-odd years ago wasn't that different from today. Just take a look at these snaps of bus-riding, notes-passing kids plucked straight from the '50s. 

From a dunce cap to a peek inside shop class, here are 23 photos of what school looked like in the 1950s.