I do wish functional programming were more taught. we're getting to a point where I almost think OOP should be taught briefly and the rest of the focus on C/C++ for low level stuff (OS, data structures, some algorithms), and something functional or pseudo-functional for high level stuff. Most of the newer codebases in startups now require functional concepts to understand what's happening. For example, try writing modern JS without understanding .map, .reduce, et al, and function passing, etc.

Regardless I think it's important that students get exposed to more than just Python, which seems to increasingly be the only thing students come out knowing.