[2] Initially studying theology according to the family tradition, he abandoned this discipline after a year, due to a lack of vocation.
He was involved in promoting the establishment of Romanian schools in the villages,[1] including the province's first kindergartens,[2] and the drafting of textbooks.
[1] From 1873, he edited Bukowinaer Pädagogische Blätter, the province's first pedagogical magazine,[2] which advocated on behalf of Romanian schools and teachers.
One faction, led by the youthful firebrands Iancu Flondor and George Popovici, favored confrontation with the authorities; another, headed by Ioan von Volcinschi, was made up of older men who preferred accommodation.
The latter group ran Isopescu as its candidate against Popovici, and he won the contest for a seat in the Austrian House of Deputies.