Python for Computer Science 101

Python is Now the Most Popular Introductory Teaching Language at Top U.S. Universities | blog@CACM | Communications of the ACM:

"At the time of writing (July 2014), Python is currently the most popular language for teaching introductory computer science courses at top-ranked U.S. departments.

Specifically, eight of the top 10 CS departments (80%), and 27 of the top 39 (69%), teach Python in introductory CS0 or CS1 courses."