The purpose of the current research was to investigate the implementation strategies of educational justice components based on the role of educational leaders. This qualitative research was conducted in two stages. In the first stage of the research, in order to calculate the components of educational justice, the Meta-Synthesis method was used with the seven-stage model by Sandelovski and Barroso. The data analysis method in this section was the deductive-inductive oriented content analysis using purposeful sampling. The in-depth analysis of the research community, including upstream documents and theoretical and experimental background related to the research topic, resulted in the representation of 6 main categories, 14 concepts, and 150 related codes. According to the research findings in the first part, educational justice consisted of 6 main categories, including the fair distribution of resources, empowerment of human resources, improvement of education quality, interactive justice, procedural justice, and decentralization. In the second stage, to investigate the role of educational leaders in realizing these components, using the network method of theme analysis and employing the semi-structured interview via purposeful snowball sampling method, 6 comprehensive themes, 29 organizing themes and 271 basic themes were achieved. The comprehensive themes of this section included planning the comprehensive system of empowerment and development, organization and structural development of the school educational system, collaborative approach, technological leadership and re-creation of educational technology, organization of the network interaction system, fair guidance and coordination of resources, and fair decision-making. The results of this research indicated the need to rethink and prepare operational solutions that fit the role of educational leaders at the institutional level in order to realize educational justice in the education system.

Keywords: educational justice, educational leaders, empowerment, decentralization, interactive justice, procedural justice